Monthly Archives: November 2015

Co-Ops Beat Drop-Dead Deadline by Dropping Dead First

Posted on November 30, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Co-Ops were supposed to increase competition and lower costs.   But just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, you realize you’ve wayyyy underestimated the Gruber side of The Force. May the Gruber be with you. “State regulators have gone … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Real People, Real Pain

Posted on November 29, 2015 by OCTS1

$875/mo, $7K deductible – ‘I can’t afford #Obamacare, I’m mad’. #RealLifeRealPain http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/11/16/high-deductible-health-plans-make-affordable-care-act-unaffordable-critics-say/eaWZZJNrFhm6vVPDBcdZ0I/story.html @ABridgeToBetter Re-Tweet Meet Family That Just Spent 1/2 Its Annual Income Paying For Obamacare http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2015/11/meet-the-family-that-just-spent-half-its-annual-income-paying-for-obamacare/ … #millennials #tcot  https://twitter.com/RWSalt/status/666530066063425536 NYT: “Many Say High Deductibles Make Their Health Law Insurance … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – UnitedHealth: Shakeout or Shakedown?

Posted on November 22, 2015 by OCTS1

UnitedHealth dropped a bombshell this week when it announced it had lost $425 million on #ACA plans and might exit the Obamacare exchanges next time around.  Other insurers signaled they were in distress, too.  This follows the demise of 12 … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK – Hikes Average 7.5-13% for 2016!

Posted on November 18, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Had you heard our new Obamacare masters boasting their 2015′s average Unaffordable Act hike was 7%?  Seen that  shocker splashed across the New York Times?  We thought not.  That’s why we’re here, speaking truth to power.  2016′s increases are … Continue reading →

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Obamacare, the Rate-Shocking Choice Mutilator

Posted on November 17, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The horrors of WWII left traumatized soldiers shell-shocked.  Under Obamacare, zombie-like individual-plan buyers have been wandering the countryside in a stupor, rate-shocked. Now that Obamacare’s swept-under-the-rug and delayed pain is finally arriving for small companies, they are starting to … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Top News

Posted on November 15, 2015 by OCTS1

Cheapest plans on Healthcare.gov rising ave 11% for 2016. #LIARS #WheresMy2500 http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/11/07/obamacares-cheap-plans-really-arent-that-affordabl.aspx Can’t keep your doctor – Loss of PPOs due to #ACA preexisting condition coverage mandate. #TailWaggingTheDog http://www.fox26houston.com/news/45578078-story State exchanges can’t account for $3.2 billion in federal grant money … Continue reading →

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Take a Vacation from Obamacare and Save a Bundle

Posted on November 11, 2015 by OCTS1

You can free-ride uninsured for two months each year with little risk and no penalty. There’s no individual mandate penalty for being uninsured if it’s for less than two months.  So cancel it every year for two months, and save … Continue reading →

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CBO Halves Obamacare Enroll/Enslave-ment Target

Posted on November 9, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: No, the Death Spiral is not an artificial planet inhabited by Darth Vader, it’s a dreaded type of insurance market collapse, and it’s here. With too few normal people signing up for Obamacare’s mandated low-quality over-priced insurance, and only … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – ACA Failing Everywhere You Look

Posted on November 8, 2015 by OCTS1

It’s not just co-op flops – Mich co-op history; > half the co-ops gone; O-admin talks of ‘batting average’ while real people scramble for plans http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/3/more-half-obamacare-co-ops-go-belly/ Regulators shut down Arizona co-op; 11th to fall; $78 million lost; 50,000 customers scrambling … Continue reading →

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Co-ops Cease Ops, 740,000 Lose Plans

Posted on November 6, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare-unwisdom said Gruberized non-profit co-ops would eliminate over-charging by “evil” insurers. OCTS readers will be glad to know the co-ops have avoided profits so successfully that most of them are already dead, taking loads of your health care money … Continue reading →

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