snoof good. good evening, everyone. the health care fight that doesn t added a up. love it or loathe it. the mandate that is the heart of president obama s single achievement is and republicans are already circling the wagon. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court s biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president s mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but it doesn t require anything from a lot of us. most americans already have insurance and another 22 to 24 million americans will be exempt from the mandate because they don t earn enough money to file income taxes or they re in prison or they re members of certain religious groups. second, if the mandate is struck down, but the rest of the bill is upheld b
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
good evening everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the health care fight that doesn t add up. love it or loathe it. the individual mandate, the heart of president obama s signature domestic achievement is in jeopardy tonight. republicans are already circling the wagons. we made it pretty clear and i ll make it clear one more time. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court s biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president s mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but it doesn t require anything from a lot of us. most americans already have insurance and another 22 to 24 million americans will be exempt from the mandate because they don t earn enough money to file income taxes or they re in prison or they