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Did you know that Ohio’s Medicaid budget is about to go bust and Governor Kasich won’t say how he intends to fix it? That Medicaid dollars are spent on hiring truancy officers in public schools? Or that the federal government has spent $6.2 BILLION on exchange websites so far? There was a lot of news this week about how Obamacare and other government health initiatives are driving up costs. Amaze your friends!
Ohio Medicaid expansion enrollment 33% higher than expected; money running out; no answer from Governor on how to pay
http://watchdog.org/199529/ohio-obamacare-expansion/
Executive amnesty could put a million undocumenteds on Medi-Cal
http://www.capoliticalreview.com/capoliticalnewsandviews/obama-amnesty-could-add-one-million-illegal-aliens-to-free-california-medi-cal/
Most docs oppose UN ICD-10 coding system; to drive up costs, cut productivity, hurt doctor-patient relationship
http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/10/how-this-new-regulation-will-drive-up-your-health-care-costs/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningbell&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoiu6zBZKXonjHpfsX54u4oWKawlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ESsNrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQrLBMa1ozrgOWxU%3D
#Obamacare subsidies averaging $268 a month (the entitlement bomb clock is ticking)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/us-usa-obamacare-subsidies-idUSKBN0LD2BS20150209
Another #ACA #FAIL: Prices soar when hospitals buy doctor practices; hospitals admit they’re more expensive
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/upshot/medicare-proposal-would-even-out-doctors-pay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&abt=0002&abg=0&_r=0
Unfair competition: #ACA co-ops subsidized $17,000 per enrollee
http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/11/much-taxpayer-money-obamacare-co-op-receive-per-enrollee/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_content=02112014&utm_campaign=influencer&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoiu63JZKXonjHpfsX54uskUaKyi4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMScRmM6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7jHKM1t0sEQWBHm
Only one of 22 co-ops profitable despite government subsidies
http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/09/one-year-obamacares-implementation-taxpayer-funded-co-ops-struggle-survive/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_content=02092014&utm_campaign=influencer&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolsqjKZKXonjHpfsX54uskUaKyi4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMScdqPa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7jHKM1t0sEQWBHm
#ACA enrollees pay more than those with employer coverage to see doctor
http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/12/news/economy/obamacare-costs/
“CMS: Exchanges Cost Federal Government $6.2B Since Implementation” (bending the credibility curve down)
https://healthpolicynewsstand.com/content/cms-exchanges-cost-federal-government-62b-implementation
Schools use Medicaid reimbursements to pay for truancy officers and mileage (huh?)
http://www.richmond.com/news/local/education/article_a3534bb9-f9b2-555b-abee-959fb25d5926.html