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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1204165" data-attributes="member: 1246">300% higher.....wow, Affordable Care ???As a young, healthy student Henderson could have paid as little as $45 for a plan, instead his premium through Obamacare is $175, and this is being heralded by the law’s supporters as a success?Via <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/175-premium-for-a-young-healthy-student-thanks-obamacare/article/2536798" target="_blank">Washington Examiner</a>:American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature — a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online. But that person, Chad Henderson, admitted to the Washington Post that the premium for the plan he enrolled in was $175. Ouch! Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to lower premiums? Henderson’s going to pay a $175 premium and he won’t even receive vision or dental insurance. He has contacts, so not having vision insurance is kind of a bum deal. Henderson, as far as we know a healthy, 21-year-old college student at Chattanooga State Community College who lives in Flintstone, Ga., and works part-time at a day-care center, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/03/meet-chad-henderson-the-obamacare-enrollee-tons-of-reporters-are-calling/" target="_blank">did not qualify for tax credits</a> to purchase insurance, according to the Post. Without Obamacare, Henderson could have received health insurance <a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/obamacare-quadruples-chads-premiums-supporters-call-success-story" target="_blank">for as little as $44.72</a> on eHealthInsurance.com, according to Michael friend. Cannon of the Cato Institute. “I can’t yet say whether Chad’s $175 premium is the lowest-cost plan available to him through the Obamacare Exchange,” Cannon said. “[I’m in the process of researching that, and it’ll probably take a few hours.] But it’s probably close.” </blockquote>

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