Washington,
June 25, 2014
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Jeff Butler
(202-225-2576)
Recent analysis from the Manhattan Institute has once again highlighted the Affordable Care Act to be anything but affordable for the constituents of North Carolina's 10th District. The county-by-county analysis illustrates just how much more citizens of NC-10 are paying for individually-purchased health insurance thanks to President Obama's healthcare law.
"This new analysis highlights what the hard-working folks in Western North Carolina already know: Obamacare is not affordable," said Congressman McHenry. "This disastrous law has given my constituents cancelled policies, lost doctors, and now premiums two and three times what they previously paid. This law is not working and I remain committed to replacing it with patient-centered healthcare reforms that keep costs down for all Americans."
The Manhattan Institute's analysis found the average price increase under the ACA for men in the seven counties of the 10th District to be over 145% while the average price for women increased over 100%. The chart below shows the average price increase for individually-purchased healthcare plans in each 10th District's seven counties broken down into three different ages and split between male and female.