Shift it over to the Insurance companies and they will shift it over to consumers who will see their coverage take another hit. It is not bad enough that Obamacare rates are high, let’s make them even higher.
This is a common way for Democrats to tax people indirectly without using that dirty word ‘tax’, and pass blame onto ‘Big Insurance’ or ‘Big {insert name of consumer hated industry here}’.
Typically, premium tax loads for administrative expense of the state insurance department, second injury funds for WC, assigned risk pools, insolvency funds, etc. are legislated, not mandated by a Governor. But this is Cobalt Blue Connecticut we are discussing, so no surprises here.
Adding perils to basic insurance coverage is called ‘an endorsement’. In this case of medical care insurance coverage expansion via executive action, it’s called an ‘Obamalloy adjustment’.
Shift it over to the Insurance companies and they will shift it over to consumers who will see their coverage take another hit. It is not bad enough that Obamacare rates are high, let’s make them even higher.
This is a common way for Democrats to tax people indirectly without using that dirty word ‘tax’, and pass blame onto ‘Big Insurance’ or ‘Big {insert name of consumer hated industry here}’.
Typically, premium tax loads for administrative expense of the state insurance department, second injury funds for WC, assigned risk pools, insolvency funds, etc. are legislated, not mandated by a Governor. But this is Cobalt Blue Connecticut we are discussing, so no surprises here.
Adding perils to basic insurance coverage is called ‘an endorsement’. In this case of medical care insurance coverage expansion via executive action, it’s called an ‘Obamalloy adjustment’.