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Now lets see if you can stay on topic....is that assertion remotely accurrate of the tax implications on the average American? Do you want to weigh in on that or would you rather declare victory based upon your grammar correction?
I think we can safely say it's at least as accurate as this:
“In an Obama administration, we’ll lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year….. We’ll do it by the end of my first term as President of the United States.”
Actually, the woman cited by Republicans in their official SOTU Response would save over $3500 in premiums. But I'm not one to use anecdotes to make broad points. I'll leave that to our board's resident conservatives.
That's great PJ..because we don't need to use any anecdotes whatsoever on this one. We know the exact methodology Candidate Obama used to develop his $2500 for a typical family per year number. Here's what he did. "Estimated the Annual Savings due to Obamacare to be $220 Billion Per year. The total savings were then divided by the country’s population, multiplied for a family of four, and rounded down to $2,500."
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/us/23health.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
We know that the ACA is expected to add 621 Billion Dollars to Health Care Spending by 2022.
https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/Downloads/Proj2012.pdf
So now we can simply apply the tried and true Obama Estimator Methodolgy and say with great confidence that the 'Typical Family' must bear the burden of $7000 of additional health care spending over the next ten years. (I rounded down from $7056).