AND GOOD HEALTH TO YOU, TOO – AT 9:47 A.M. ET:  Obamacare marches on, right off a cliff.  The bill, as they say, is in the mail.  From The Politico:   

Obamacare premiums aren’t rising everywhere. They just have a way of finding the states with the biggest Senate races. And that could be very bad timing for Democrats in two of the party’s key contests.

Double-digit rate hikes for individual health insurance plans have become an issue in the Louisiana and Iowa Senate races over the past week, where the Republican candidates are hammering their Democratic opponents for the steep premium increases on the way next year for some customers under the Affordable Care Act.

In Louisiana, Rep. Bill Cassidy called the double-digit increases for some insurers — including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana — “another hurdle for families and businesses already struggling under the demands of Obamacare” and blamed Democrats for “false promises” that premiums would go down. In Iowa, Senate candidate Joni Ernst used the sharp rate increases for two insurers to blast the Democratic candidate, Rep. Bruce Braley, for supporting the law, charging that “thousands of Iowans are paying for it.”

COMMENT:  Yes, we confess:  In some states premiums are rising at an only average rate, and in a small number of states are actually going down.  But not everyone lives in the "lower rate" states.  Louisiana, Iowa, and Alaska, where major Senate races are going down to the wire, are being hit hard.  Republicans are capitalizing.  And Americans have not yet seen the full brunt of increases under Obamacare.  As we used to say in Brooklyn, wait 'til next year. 

But you can get coupons for free abortions.  I got mine last week.

October 13, 2014