Monthly Archives: April 2015

Top Tweets – Medicaid a Fiscal Disaster

Posted on April 25, 2015 by OCTS1

EACH ONE A HAMMER BLOW FOR LIBERTY Follow us on Twitter The Senate spit on the American people this week, the Obama administration widened its bullying of the states, and several stories appeared reminding us that Medicaid expansion is a … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Top News and Reader Favorites

Posted on April 17, 2015 by OCTS1

EACH ONE A HAMMER BLOW FOR LIBERTY Follow us on Twitter Florida to sue feds for putting gun to its head (‘pass Medicaid expansion or no hospital funding’) http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/florida-lawsuit-sue-obamacare-medicaid-rick-scott-117051.html Average individual mandate penalty: $1,130 http://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2015/04/14/average-fine-for-noncompliance-with-obamacare-is-1130-expert-testifies/?mc_cid=653e60c898&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b Restaurateur testifies premiums up 60% … Continue reading →

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Patients Abandoning Meds Due to Obamacare Cost

Posted on April 15, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Good news, fellow serfizens!  Obamacare has both increased total number of people with subsidized-or-free Obamacarp insurance, increased  drug spending, and at the same time decreased the number of people who can afford their medicines (even with insurance)!  Most cost, … Continue reading →

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Single-Payer Worship Causes 9,000 Needless Deaths a Year in U.K.

Posted on April 14, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: With 64 million people, the United Kingdom has 1/5th the population of the United States (318 million). 9,000 deaths in their population corresponds to five times as many–45,000 excess annual deaths–in a population as large as the U.S.A.’s. Question: … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Exchanges’ Brutal Collapse

Posted on April 13, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The ordinary, healthy people Obamacare exchanges need to work aren’t buying.  “Exchanges” that were sold as spurring competition, lowering costs, and helping Americans in general connect with better, more affordable insurance, are instead already collapsing into a giant new … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Death Spiral Talk Swirling Again

Posted on April 12, 2015 by OCTS1

EACH ONE A HAMMER BLOW FOR LIBERTY Follow us on Twitter                 Governors took center stage this past week, and talk of an Obamacare death spiral is swirling again: FL Guv reverses course, OPPOSES Medicaid expansion. Afraid feds will renege after … Continue reading →

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FLASHBACK: Obamacare Scrooges Cancer Care

Posted on April 6, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: New HHS jingle? “Don’t worry, there are no death panels.  If you get cancer we’ll just withhold your care.  (Euthanasia, however, is fully-covered, hint hint.)” “ But there’s a catch with Keller’s new Humana Gold gold plan: His surgical … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Government as Corrupt Enabler

Posted on April 4, 2015 by OCTS1

Follow us on Twitter Bad people are doing bad things – on your dime! It’s your money, America – Demand better! Detroit Medicaid mom tortures kids to death, sticks them in a freezer (government dough rots the soul) http://abc7news.com/news/children-found-in-freezer-were-tortured-and-beaten-say-sources/589496/  Criminal … Continue reading →

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Venezuelan Hospitals Short on Supplies, People Dying as a Result

Posted on April 4, 2015 by OCTS1

Another in our series of horror stories from government-run medicine: “It’s the government who is responsible for my wife’s death….” Read here

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Consumers’ 2014 Health Care Spending Up 11.3%

Posted on April 3, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Consumer income fell, yet health care spending rose 11.3 percent. So, people who are hurting, earning less, were forced to spend more on health care. Thanks Obamacare! “While the majority of incomes fell, consumer spending, which accounts for about … Continue reading →

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