{"id":1256,"date":"2009-10-12T10:59:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2009-10-12T12:42:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T16:42:48","slug":"the-baucus-bill-bending-the-cost-curve-higher-for-american-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/1256\/the-baucus-bill-bending-the-cost-curve-higher-for-american-families\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baucus Bill: Bending the Cost Curve Higher for American Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Senate Finance Committee set to vote tomorrow on Senator Max Buacus’ $839 billion “health care reform” bill, the health insurance industry is out with a new study<\/a>\u00a0warning that the\u00a0legislation will dramatically increase health insurance premiums for U.S. families. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The study, commissioned by America\u2019s Health Insurance Plans<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cAHIP\u201d) and prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, “makes clear that several major provisions in the current legislative proposal will cause health care costs to increase far faster and higher than they would under the current system,” \u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni. “Between 2010 and 2019 the cumulative increases in the cost of a typical family policy under this reform proposal will be approximately $20,700 more than it would be under the current system.”<\/p>\n

Those provisions in the Baucus bill\u00a0analyzed by the study\u00a0include:<\/p>\n