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PA GOP: Government-Run, Taxpayer-Funded Health Care Will Cost Hardworking Families Thousands
HARRISBURG – Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason reacted to a recent report that finds the Democrats’ most recent proposal for government-run, taxpayer-funded health care will raise insurance premiums for American families an additional $4,000 a year.
“The government-run, taxpayer-funded health care plan that President Obama and Democrats are proposing will drastically increase the cost of health care, while decreasing the level of care Americans are currently accustomed to,” Gleason said. “I don’t know anyone is interested in paying more money in exchange for a lower quality service, but that is exactly what this bill accomplishes. Additionally, I find it appalling that the President and the Democrats are pushing a bill that is a direct assault on hardworking families by increasing their insurance premiums by a staggering $4,000 a year.”
The group America’s Health Insurance Plans released a study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers that estimates that the Democrat U.S. Senate health care bill will add $1,700 annually to the cost of family insurance coverage by 2013. They predicted that by the year 2019, prices could rise to $4,000 a year in costs for families and individual premiums could rise by $1,500. (“White House Tries to Strike Down Insurance Industry Criticism Ahead of Key Vote,” Fox News, 10/12/09, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/11/insurers-escalate-criticism-health-overhaul/)
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