Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Hey youngins. Get ready to pay.

Keep that Obama love alive. He's about to pick your pocket. And if you voted for him, you deserve it.
The only problem...I didn't vote for him. So I don't.
Young Adults May Pay Big Share of Reform's Cost
As health-care legislation advances through Congress, the young adults who were so vital to President Obama's election are emerging as a significant beneficiary of his top domestic priority, but they are also likely to play a major role in funding any reform.
Those celebrity videos were too appealing to resist. Don't we all want to be liked by Scarlett Johansson? Obama was the cool choice. And government taking over your life and your wallet is cooler still.
Drafting young adults into any health-care reform package is crucial to paying for it. As low-cost additions to insurance pools, young adults would help dilute the expense of covering older, sicker people. Depending on how Congress requires insurers to price their policies, this group could even wind up paying disproportionately hefty premiums -- effectively subsidizing coverage for their parents.
You didn't want prosperity, anyway. Try chanting "Yes, We Can" again. It'll fix everything.

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