CBO: Obamacare will have lower premiums, insure more, and cost government less than projected

[Motown_Johnny]

16. Still 30 million uninsured.

Sorry to point out the one low spot here, but this is exactly why roughly 1/3 of those who disapprove of Obamacare (such as myself) do so because it is not liberal enough.


You can count me as one of the "Keep it and fix it" crowd.


For the 12 million non-elderly who have gained insurance, this is great news. For the 30 million who have not, much less so.


I am happy that the numbers are better than projected. Everyone who was paying attention expected this. I actually expect the real numbers to shake out even better than this. Remember that the CBO wrote off all preventative care as a total waste of money (my phrasing). Because they could not place a number on the amount of money preventative care would save, they went with zero. Preventative care will save money, it is just that we won't be able to estimate the value until after the money has been spent.



P.S. I stand by my previous prediction that (D)s will be running on the ACA by Labor Day. Once the 80/20 rule rebate checks start hitting mailboxes in July the narrative will have changed.