NRSC Launches New Web Video

Two years ago today – with the help of liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson who was a fierce supporter of Barack Obama’s job-killing healthcare bill – President Barack Obama signed his $1.76 trillion job-killing healthcare bill into law.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has released a web video reminding Floridians of the broken promises from ObamaCare.

Senator Nelson promised the healthcare bill would reduce healthcare costs for millions of people, but since this legislation has been signed into law, costs have risen by 9 percent and the average premium has risen by $1,300. 

Meanwhile, Nelson and his fellow Democrats claimed the healthcare bill would cost $940 billion, but recently the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released a report that found ObamaCare would actually cost $1.76 trillion.   

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Notably, this bill is also killing thousands of jobs in Jacksonville, Melbourne and across the state of Florida.

“Liberal U.S. Senator Bill Nelson promised Barack Obama’s healthcare bill would lower the cost of healthcare, but today Floridians are paying more for healthcare than ever before,”  said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox.  “Between the job-killing taxes, the intrusive federal mandates and the raiding of Medicare funds, it’s clear Bill Nelson misled Floridians about the true effects of his government-run healthcare plan.”

BACKGROUND …

Since The Signing Of ObamaCare Healthcare Costs Have Increased

BLOOMBERG:  “The average cost of a family policy climbed 9 percent in 2011 to $15,073, according to a poll of 2,088 private companies and state and local government agencies by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in Menlo Park, California, and the Chicago- based American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Educational Trust.” (Jeffrey Young, “Health-Benefit Costs Rise Most In Six Years,” Bloomberg, 9/27/11)

WALL STREET JOURNAL:  “[In 2011], the health-insurance premiums employers pay rose sharply this year, with the average annual cost of family coverage passing the $15,000 mark for the first time, according to a major survey.” (“Employer Health Premiums Rise Sharply,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/27/11) 

WALL STREET JOURNAL: “The average annual family premium for 2011 was $15,073, up from $13,770 last year.” (“Employer Health Premiums Rise Sharply,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/27/11)

Meanwhile The CBO Has Increased The Price Tag Of ObamaCare To $1.76 Trillion

FOX NEWS:  The Congressional Budget Office has extended its cost estimates for President Obama’s health care law out to 2022, taking in more years of full implementation, and showing that the bill is substantially more expensive — twice as much as the original $900 billion price tag.  (Jim Angle, New CBO health law estimate shows much higher spending past first 10 years, Fox News, 03/14/12)

And The Bill Is Hurting Businesses In Florida

Area Director For The Small Business Development Center At The University Of North Florida Says ObamaCare’s Insurance Reforms Will “Drive Up Premiums.” “Reform contains the immediate ending of several practices health care insurance companies used to hold down costs. The law includes a requirement to cover children through age 26, ending of the rejection of people who have pre-existing medical conditions and the placement of caps on what policies pay out. ‘One of the things all this will do is drive up premiums,’ Hagan said.” (Kevin Turner, “Health Care Reform May Not Offer Enough To Small Businesses,” The Florida Times-Union, 4/25/10)

• And Acknowledges That Higher Premiums Will Be Passed To Consumers, Says “It’s A Cost Of Doing Business.” “And that has small business owners wondering if they’ll have to pass those costs along to their customers, lay off employees or cut back in other ways, she said. ‘It’s a cost of doing business,’ she said. ‘But we have a fairly high unemployment rate. Is this really going to help that cause?’” (Kevin Turner, “Health Care Reform May Not Offer Enough To Small Businesses,” The Florida Times-Union, 4/25/10)

Florida Medical Device Company CEO Says ObamaCare’s Medical Device Tax Will Lead To “Layoffs And Less Investment” And Smaller Companies Will “Ow[e] More In Taxes Than They Earn In Profit.” “‘The way the bill is currently written, the impact of the device tax will have some smaller medical device companies owing more in taxes than they earn in profit,’ said Matt Solar, C2C’s chief executive officer. ‘The overall effect will be layoffs and less investment in research and development. This needs to be fixed.’” (Wayne T. Price, “Tax A Concern In Medical Device Field,” FloridaToday.com, 4/7/10)

• Florida Software-Engineering Firm CEO Doesn’t “See The Benefit” Of The Medical Device Tax And Says “It Will Really Hurt Device Development.” “Lee Krause, chief executive officer of Melbourne-based Audigence Inc., a software-engineering firm for hearing aid systems, said while the impact on the tax will not affect his company, as an entrepreneur in a medical field he sees where it might stifle innovation and research. ‘In general I don’t see the benefit in creating this device tax and agree it will really hurt device development,’ Krause said.” (Wayne T. Price, “Tax A Concern In Medical Device Field,” FloridaToday.com, 4/7/10)

• Florida Tanning Salon Owner May Sell Her Business Because Of ObamaCare’s Tanning Tax. “Sherry Rosenberger, owner of Sunset Tans, said the tan tax is one of many factors behind her considering selling her business. Between the bad press about health risks, a down economy and the new tax, ‘Everything is going against us,’ she said.” (Justin Pugh, “Tanning Salons Look At How New Taxes Will Affect Business,” The Florida Times-Union, 4/25/10)

• Tanning Salon Owner In Jacksonville, FL Says Fighting The Tax Is Like “David Vs. Goliath” Because Tanning Is “Not An Extremely Lucrative Business.” “Nermin Dedic, owner of Sol Us, which has seven salons in Jacksonville, describes the tanning industry’s battle against the lobbying efforts of other groups as a David-versus-Goliath-type fight, in which tanning salon owners can’t compete. ‘It’s not an extremely lucrative business,’ he said. ‘So we’re not able to afford things like that where you have lobbyists in Congress so you can do things like plastic surgeons did in completely eliminating the Botox tax.’” (Justin Pugh, “Tanning Salons Look At How New Taxes Will Affect Business,” The Florida Times-Union, 4/25/10)

• Another Florida Tanning Salon Owner Says Business Will Suffer Because Salons Can’t Afford To Cut Prices. “Paul Abdullah, owner of Four Seasons Tan, which has two Southside locations and one in Atlantic Beach, said the tax will cause salons to suffer more than they already have in a down economy. But tanning salons are ‘not Walmart,’ he said. ‘We can’t reduce our prices and make more people come in and tan. He says the tax will hurt middle-class Americans – predominantly younger, white women – who make up the majority of his clientele, he said.” (Justin Pugh, “Tanning Salons Look At How New Taxes Will Affect Business,” The Florida Times-Union, 4/25/10)

• Pharmacy Owner From Jacksonville, FL Says ObamaCare’s Tax Credit To Help Small Businesses Pay For Health Insurance “Isn’t Enough To Help.” “Jacksonville small business owner Greg Carter said he favors health care reform but doesn’t think the reform bill President Barack Obama signed last month is going to help him. Between his two Jacksonville pharmacies, Carter employs 15, but he doesn’t provide health care insurance because he can’t afford it. And he said a tax credit in the reform bill designed for businesses like his isn’t enough to help.” (Kevin Turner, “Health Care Reform May Not Offer Enough To Small Businesses,” The Florida Times-Union, 4/25/10)