Monthly Archives: August 2015

Top Tweets – The Wages of Hubris

Posted on August 29, 2015 by OCTS1

State regulators approving big requested rate hikes, despite Pres. Obama’s predictions. @POTUS http://www.wsj.com/articles/insurers-win-big-health-rate-increases-1440628848 Alaska Legislature suit against unilateral Medicaid expansion filed http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/legal-challenge-of-medicaid-expansion-arrives-in-court/34899680 Another co-op bites the dust. #ObamacareFail #Masterminds #MoreGovernmentPlease #StatistStupidity http://nevadahealthcoop.org/ IRS warns recipients ‘file your taxes or lose … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Incompetence, Evil-Doing, and CrazyTalk

Posted on August 23, 2015 by OCTS1

IRS failure to check citizenship status leads to illegal aliens being approved for #Obamacare. http://politistick.com/remember-when-obama-said-illegals-couldnt-get-obamacare-yeah-about-that/  O-admin has been allowing #ACA subsidies to people who were also receiving employer-sponsored plans. http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/forbes-lists-54-changes-obamacare/2015/07/06/id/653626/ #FirstPutYourUnderwearOnStraight – Colo mails SSNs, addresses, health info to 3,000 … Continue reading →

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Obamacare TYRANNY! – IRS to Fine Small Bus. $36,000 Per Employee!

Posted on August 19, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: If you’re a small employer and dare to try to help your employees with their health care–but without providing full-on over-priced Obamacare–under a rule the IRS arbitrarily made up (and which is nowhere in the law), the federal government … Continue reading →

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Obamacaid Support Defeats TN Politician

Posted on August 18, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Support for Obamacare’s ginormous Medicaid expansion was enough to decisively end this politician’s dream for bigger, lamer, more expensive government and worse healthcare that none of us can afford. “(WBIR – KNOXVILLE) – Republican Jason Zachary defeated fellow Republican … Continue reading →

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Michael Cannon and Jonathan Adler Were Right

Posted on August 17, 2015 by OCTS4

Proof That SCOTUS Got Subsidies Case Wrong Comment: The Cato institute’s Michael Cannon and Case Western University’s Prof. Jonathan Adler made waves when they pointed out that Obamacare’s language did not permit payment of its premium welfare subsidies (“tax credits”) … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – A Week in the Healthcare Wars

Posted on August 16, 2015 by OCTS1

“More than two-thirds of #Obamacare enrollees unsatisfied with coverage: survey” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/3/obamacare-enrollees-less-satisfied-others-survey/ IG scathing report: gov’t failing to effectively screen exchange plan applicants for citizenship or jail status http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watchdog-government-failing-to-fully-screen-obamacare-applications/article/2569925?custom_click=rss ‘O-admin Urges States to Cut Health Insurers’ Requests for Big Rate Increases’ … Continue reading →

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Co-Ops Flop-Out

Posted on August 13, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Like all things Obamacare, co-ops–one of Obamacare’s taxpayer-supported brainchilds–are in tatters around the country, and Kentucky is home to the worst. “KENTUCKY (8/8/15) — A federal audit of the non-profit health insurance companies formed under federal health reform found … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK Season III – 34.6% Hikes in North Carolina

Posted on August 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: As insurers’ Obamacare bailouts end–and as they are finally able to tally their actual, real-life cost of providing bloated Obamacare policies–the cruel Orwellian irony of calling 2010′s Act of bloated government medicine “the Affordable Care Act” becomes inescapable. As … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK Season III – Delaware’s Largest Insurer Hikes 25.4 Percent!

Posted on August 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Can you afford me now? “In Delaware, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has filed for an average rate increase of 25.4 percent for 2016 ACA individual plans. The specific rate increase would vary by plan, ranging from 19.6 percent … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets

Posted on August 4, 2015 by OCTS3

39 Indiana public school districts continue 10th Amendment suit against employer mandate http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/schools-not-giving-up-on-obamacare-lawsuit/article/2567236 CMS secretly paid out $1.3 billion in improper hospital claims http://freebeacon.com/issues/cms-secretive-settlement/ #Obamacare’s Victims: Real people, real pain – ”I’d like to work more than 30 hours, but Obamacare … Continue reading →

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