The Obamacare Headline That The GOP Doesn't Want You To See

[DonViejo]

By DYLAN SCOTT Published AUGUST 19, 2014, 10:36 AM EDT

The headlines were all too predictable when Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced in June that it would request an average 12.5 percent premium increase for its Connecticut market. "Now EVEN MORE States Report Double-Digit Premium Hikes," the conservative Daily Caller trumpeted.

But that wasn't the whole story. It never is with Obamacare premium news, though that hasn't stopped news outlets from blaring headlines like that one from the Daily Caller whenever an insurance company announces its proposed rates for next year. Skyrocketing premiums are one of the last anti-Obamacare talking points that conservatives have to hold onto.

But then on Monday, the conclusion of the Connecticut story came. State insurance regulators had rejected Anthem's proposed 12.5 percent premium hike. So after some revisions, the company would instead lower its premiums ever so slightly on average -- 0.1 percent -- in 2015, the Connecticut Mirror reported.

That's right. Obamacare premiums in Connecticut are going down, not up. That news doesn't appear to have earned any attention yet from the Daily Caller. We'll keep an eye out.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/obamacare-connecticut-premium-decrease

[Jacoby365]

1. Good news. Kaiser premiums are going down in California for next year, as well.

When was the last time we saw this happen?

[Generic Other]

2. Insurance companies just don't get it...

They are the pimple on the buttocks of the healthcare industry. And the consumer wants these sacs of pus squeezed out!!

[Fred Sanders]

3. Freaky mass media owned by 6 guys and and idiot are on a co-ordinate campaign to blame Obama

and to give him no credit for anything.