Subject: HRC, insurance premium increases, and ObamaCare, NY Times story
From: Brent Budowsky <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 19:08:48 -0400

John, if insurers and/or insurance commissioners push for price increases of 20%
to 40% for premiums now that the Supremes have upheld the subsidy, HRC would
be well advised to immediately and publicly threaten not to do this.  And at a minimum
support the public option.  The subsidies were not created to subsidize huge premium
increases once they were upheld by the court.   This becomes a de facto taxpayer
financed bailout through subsidies that insurers exploit to gouge customers claiming
ObamaCare as the reason. 

If the NYT story is correct about huge premium increases----and I believe it is---HRC does not want to be in the position of defending ObamaCare during huge premium increases while Bernie Sanders (correctly in my view) pushes single payer and liberals
in Congress and nationally go ballistic---as they should, and I will---about insurer abuse---while Republicans charge---not incorrectly if it happens---that ObamaCare
caused these premium increases.

Premium increases are so politically deadly because they affect so many people, so
deeply, and so visibly to them.  HRC should IMO speak loudly, clearly, aggressively
and quickly about this.    Brent

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