Blogger buddy Dave Girves (see Buster's Links) wrote a great letter to the editor similar to this one, de-bunking another Dispatch attack on Obamacare. But as is almost always the case, Dave's wasn't published. This one was, and it's also excellent. I don't know Dennis Pearl, but I think I like him!
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To the editor:
"Young Men Face Higher Premiums" declared the front-page headline in the Dispatch. (The focus is on young men because young women benefit from new birth-control and maternity coverage under Obamacare.) But wait . . .
Most young men are 18 to 25 years old and eligible for coverage under a parent's or spouse's health care plan, thanks to Obamacare, so we are really talking about 26-to-29-year-old single men. But wait . . .
Most men in that age group are eligible for a subsidy under Obamacare, so we are really talking about 26-to-29-year-old single men making more than four times the poverty level. But wait . . .
Most men in that income group work for a company that already provides insurance or a for a company that will be required to do so under Obamacare. So we are only talking about 26-to-29-year-old single men without pre-exisitng conditions who must buy insurance on the exchange.
It turns out that a more accurate headline would have been "Fred Faces Higher Premiums".
Well, I just called "Fred" to ask him how it felt to be the only guy in Ohio who has to pay higher premiums under Obamacare in an apples-to-apples comparison. He said he didn't mind so much since an anti-Obamacare blogger just paid him $2,000 for an exclusive interview, and he used the money to buy insurance.
Dennis Pearl
Bexley, Ohio
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