<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Health Care Premiums Go Up, And&nbsp;Down]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p><a href="http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/11/cbo_premiums_would_increaseand_cost_less.php">Chris Good</a>, <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/cbo-health-care-reform-will-lower-out-of-pocket-burden-for-most-consumers.php">Brian Beutler</a>, and <span class="name"><a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/11/30/health-bill-what-would-it-cost-me/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+timeblogs%2Fswampland+%28TIME%3A+Swampland%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader" title="Posts by Karen Tumulty">Karen Tumulty</a></span><span class="date"></span> summarize the CBO report on health care reform and insurance premium prices.&#0160; Megan&#39;s <a href="http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/11/cbo_we_are_going_to_be_spending_a_lot_more_on_health_insurance.php">take</a> (follow up <a href="http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/premiums_up_or_premiums_down_i.php">here</a>):</p>
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<p>[M]any people will not face the full costs of their treatment&#8211;slightly more than half of the people in the individual market are expected to receive subsidies.&#0160; But that just means that someone else will have to give up those thousands of dollars.&#0160; It looks to me like health care spending as a percentage of GDP is going to be higher, not lower, when all the changes are phased in.</p>
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