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Heidi Heitkamp Said ObamaCare Would Make Healthcare More Affordable, Yet Costs Continue To Rise
Since Heitkamp’s Costly Health Care Law Was Passed Premiums Have Increased
While praising the $1.76 trillion, job-killing healthcare law as a “legacy vote,” Democrat Heidi Heitkamp also promised that ObamaCare would lower the cost of healthcare, yet today a new report reveals Americans are now paying more for their health care.
As the Washington Post reports:
“Spending for private health insurance surged by 4.6 percent in 2011…That growth rate is faster than the rest of the economy and higher than the previous year, which had 3.8 percent growth. Average spending on a private insurance patient rose to $4,547 in 2011, compared with $4,349 in 2010. That statistic suggests that a recent downturn in health-care spending may have been a temporary product of the recession rather than a more permanent change, as some health-care economists have hoped.” (Sarah Kliff, Health insurance costs grew slowly for two years. Now, they’re speeding up,Washington Post, 9/25/12)
Notably, Heitkamp also said ObamaCare is a budget saver.
“Once again we are seeing the harsh toll Heidi Heitkamp’s ObamaCare is taking on North Dakotans,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Lance Trover. “It’s just another costly reminder that Heitkamp’s liberal agenda is hurting families across North Dakota.”
BACKGROUND
In April 2010, Heitkamp Spoke At A Rally Organized By Liberal Groups To Thank The North Dakota Congressional Delegation For Supporting ObamaCare.Heitkamp: “In this room today, all of you have the privilege of having participated in speaking for the thousands who have not had a voice, who have not had the big lobbyists, who have not had all the money, but they had a dream – that maybe health care would be affordable for them. Maybe their family would not be bankrupt because they needed a new hip replacement. Maybe they now have opportunity. So I wanted to start out my comments, and thank all of you for being those voices for the thousands who have never had a voice in America, who today for the first time in my memory, in a long time, they’ve won. Despite all the odds, they have won.” (Heidi Heitkamp, Health Care Rally, Fargo, ND, 4/1/10; “Health Care Reform Rally Planned For Thursday In Fargo,” The Forum, 3/30/10)
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2012-09-27 02:21:31
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