Monthly Archives: July 2015

Top Tweets – Trainwrecks

Posted on July 31, 2015 by OCTS1

“22 of 23 Taxpayer-Backed Obamacare Co-Ops Lost Money In 2014, Audit Finds” http://dailysignal.com/2015/07/30/22-of-23-taxpayer-backed-obamacare-co-ops-lost-money-in-2014-audit-finds/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_content=07312015&utm_campaign=influencer&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohu6TBZKXonjHpfsX54uskUaKyi4kz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcJjPL3YDBceEJhqyQJxPr3NLtQN191pRhLiDA%3D%3D New rule hurts companies for reimbursing employee healthcare costs (what sense does that make?) http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Rule-hurts-health-insurance/2015/07/24/id/658764/ Wrong Again: $57M coordinated care experiment failed; did not reduce costs and … Continue reading →

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Actually Making Health Care Affordable, in Real Life

Posted on July 29, 2015 by OCTS4

Doing what Obamacare can never do Comment: At OCTS we spend a lot of time showing how awful and silly Obamacare is, how misconceived, and perfectly backwards Obamacare is compared to what America really needs: less government, less interference, more … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Medicaid Expansion Costs Exploding in 14 States

Posted on July 26, 2015 by OCTS1

The big story this week was a report by the Associated Press showing that enrollments and costs blew past projections in half the states that expanded Medicaid. There was a flurry of follow-on local media reports showing how this would … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma City Now a Medical Tourism Destination

Posted on July 23, 2015 by OCTS1

Comment: Score one for free market medicine! “Oklahoma City has become a medical tourist destination, according to an industry expert, leading the charge for a different method of healthcare delivery, specifically one that embraces the principles and fundamentals of the … Continue reading →

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Another Way Obamacare Discourages Work

Posted on July 22, 2015 by OCTS1

A woman in Tennessee reports to us she won’t work over 29 hours because then her employer would have to offer her its health plan which she does not like. If she refuses her employer’s plan, she would lose her … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry

Posted on July 19, 2015 by OCTS1

“Weeks after leaving office, Obama discovers a leak under his sink so he calls a plumber to fix it…” Story at ObamacareTruthSquad.com *  A modern-day fable about calling a plumber that shows the absurdity of letting the government take over  … Continue reading →

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“Weeks after leaving office, Obama discovers a leak under his sink so he calls a plumber to fix it…”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by OCTS1

This modern-day fable has appeared in multiple places in more than one version. From Conservative Tribune: The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is a socialist scheme that does nothing more than funnel money away from the successful and into the … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Top Obamacare News

Posted on July 11, 2015 by OCTS1

“#ObamaCare Can’t Account for Almost $3 Billion In Subsidy Payments” http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/061715-757812-audit-finds-hhs-lacked-controls-on-subsidy-spending.htm CMS secretly paid out $1.3 billion in improper hospital claims http://freebeacon.com/issues/cms-secretive-settlement/ New reg fines small businesses $100/day for helping employees w/healthcare (hmm… if Congress is a small business….) http://www.forbes.com/sites/gracemarieturner/2015/06/30/small-businesses-threatened-with-36500-irs-fines-for-helping-employees-with-health-costs/?mc_cid=289d1b107a&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b … Continue reading →

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Minnesota Obamacare Bailouts

Posted on July 10, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare calling, “Can you afford me now?  How about now?” (Folks, we over at the Obamacare Truth Squad take no joy laughing our heads off at these fools’ failures, or chortling “We told you so,” rolling down the stairs … Continue reading →

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Massive Obamacare Bailouts! (CoveredCA)

Posted on July 9, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: A $1.172 billion bailout for 1.365 million enrollees amounts to $859 per insured person on California’s exchange! CoveredCA policy premiums then are lies, at least $859 too low; understate the actual cost; and means that CoveredCA’s already-high average premium … Continue reading →

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