a rand study says they d only go up by 2.4% more with an individual mandate than without one. and that brings me to the third and by far the most important thing that americans need to know about this bill. it s a big problem. if the whole bill goes into effect, average premiums will still go up for americans by an estimated 7% according to rand. with no bill at all, premiums went up by 9% last year. you may be shocked. you re like, these are about the same number. they are. they re going up by more than inflation, many multiples of inflation, more than your salary increase if you even get one. the reason is that neither republicans or democrats ever have dealt with the biggest problem in the country which is that surging medical costs don t come with surging life spans or healthier americans. the average american, we spend about $8,000 per person in this country on health care. that s the most of any country in the world. for that, you would think if it were so great, we wou
individual mandate than without one. and that brings me to the third and by far the most important thing that americans need to know about this bill. it s a big problem. if the whole bill goes into effect, average premiums will still go up for americans by an estimated 7% according to rand. with no bill at all, premiums went up by 9% last year. you may be shocked. you re like, these are about the same number. they are. they re going up by more than inflation, many multiples of inflation, more than your salary increase if you even get one. the reason is that neither republicans or democrats ever have dealt with the biggest problem in the country which is that surging medical costs don t come with surging life spans or healthier americans. the average american, we spend about $8,000 per person in this country on health care. that s the most of any country in the world. for that, you would think if it were so great, we would live the longest. we don t. we live to an average of 7