“So sorry we had to steal from taxpayers in this very sneaky way. We are not promising we will not do it again next year. In the interim, we are going to raise your premiums by adding these fees, and hope you will blame the insurers instead of the greedy state government.
After all, it has worked for decades already.
This is the same state government that taxes everything you get as health care services, and so we will double dip by taxing the service and taxing the system that pays for the service.”
It seems to me that any increase in fees paid by the insurance companies would be passed on to the consumer by premium increases.
“So sorry we had to steal from taxpayers in this very sneaky way. We are not promising we will not do it again next year. In the interim, we are going to raise your premiums by adding these fees, and hope you will blame the insurers instead of the greedy state government.
After all, it has worked for decades already.
This is the same state government that taxes everything you get as health care services, and so we will double dip by taxing the service and taxing the system that pays for the service.”