CBO: Health Care Reform Makes Premiums GO DOWN

MUST READ: Read this Ezra Klein post in its entirety - it does a great job of de-bunking the lies about how people will pay more for heath care under reform.

Premiums for the same policy in the individual market fall by 14 to 20 percent. But people in the individual market, who are largely low-income, will now have the opportunity to purchase better policies that cover more expenses and provide more security. That's a good thing. It's one of the reasons for health-care reform, in fact. And it is not analogous to health-care insurance becoming more expensive, any more than the fact that I could buy a nicer car after getting a better job suggests that cars are becoming more expensive.