New York Times: unclear whether final health bill will slow or accelerate the rise in premiums

[mcablue]

It seems outrageous to me that at this point, the possibility exists that the rate of increase in premiums for most Americans may actually increase relative to current law.

Is this whole thing overrated or what? The bills in Congress are supposed to be a great achievement. It isn't.

NEW YORK TIMES (12-25-09): The real unknown, of course, is whether any final legislation will accelerate the rise in premiums or slow it. At least one impartial analysis, by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, concluded that the legislation was not going to have much of an effect on the cost of premiums either way.

Obama's promise to lower our premiums by up to $2,500 comes to mind. Maybe he didn't really "campaign on it" either.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/25/health/policy/25employer.html?pagewanted=2&hp

[Oregone]

1. Paying near double the per cap of most industrialized nations, you think theyd be lowering premiums

Is the per capita costs of health care in the US not part of the "crisis"?

[OHdem10]

2. Logic would say accelerate the rise, since the Senate made darn

sure there would be no competition. No PO nor Medicare Expansion.
Just guessing.