Showing posts with label red states. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red states. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Guess which areas of the country got screwed worst by Obamacare premium hikes...

If you guessed the red areas that vote more Republican, you are correct.

FOX News reported:
Experiencing sticker-shock at the price of insurance on ObamaCare exchanges?
That’s more likely if you live in a “red state” that didn’t vote for Obama, according to price data compiled by the Heritage Foundation. In red states, premiums for 27-year-olds rose an average of 78% on ObamaCare exchanges, whereas in “blue states” that voted for Obama, premiums rose a smaller 50%.
Senate critics of ObamaCare say the difference is one way in which the bill is unfair.
“It’s unfair, outrageous and unacceptable,” Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who is also an orthopedic surgeon, said in a statement to FoxNews.com.
“After discovering that the President broke his promise that Americans can definitely keep their coverage, many red state Americans are now finding out that their rates will soar under ObamaCare. This… proves once again that the President’s health care law picks winners and losers across the country,” he added.
Health policy experts say the reason red states got hit hardest is that they had fewer regulations to begin with.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Census Results May Be Very Good News For Republicans


The Census Bureau is estimating red states will gain seats and blue states will lose seats. Democrats are determined to count every illegal alien possible to prevent red states from losing seats.

The Washington Examiner reported:

The numbers are cause for alarm for Democrats.

Of the states gaining House seats -- Texas (three) and Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah and Washington -- only Washington is reliably Democratic, having last voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 1984.

Of the states losing seats and electors -- Ohio (two), Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania -...