Bullshit
Premiums have been rising for decades, and while
Obama’s promise — that a health care overhaul “could save families $2,500 in the coming years — $2,500 per family” — may lead some to believe he is saying that the dollar cost today will go down, that’s not the case. Instead, Obama’s promise is to slow the growth of costs, so that they would be less than they would be without the health care law. That’s true for a claim that was published on the White House blog last week. It
says: “Families who purchase private health insurance through state-based exchanges could save up to $2,300 on their health care each year.”
As always with such claims, we must ask, $2,300 — compared with what? And what about that phrase “up to”? That’s usually a clue that many will see less than the maximum savings. And the “could” suggests this is merely a theoretical possibility.
https://www.factcheck.org/2012/03/misleading-on-premiums/