https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/09/higher-health-care-premiums-could-cause-obamacare-to-death-spiral/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:31:28 -0400<![CDATA[Whatever the cause of the higher premiums, however, this trend presents a key structural challenge to Obamacare. The health care law aims to prevent insurers from discriminating against those with pre-existing conditions, to make sure that policies cover a specified package of benefits, and to limit how much extra money insurers can charge older and sicker patients. All of these provisions increase costs and decrease insurance industry profits. But through the mandate forcing individuals to purchase insurance, the law hopes to push enough younger and healthier Americans into the insurance pool to offset theses cost increases. This is where the problem with rising premiums comes in.]]>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:40:01 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/09/higher-health-care-premiums-could-cause-obamacare-to-death-spiral-n99056