Obamacare is a disaster in so many ways and news stories this week highlighted a number of them:
RULE OF LAW
Total illegal funding for #ACA- $8.5B (hope u get your tax refund – fund raided for #ACA)
http://patriotpost.us/articles/41214
FOLLY OF CENTRAL PLANNING
HHS ignored warning signs in #CoOpFlop scandal – unrealistic projections, sketchy hires, ignorance of marketplace
http://dailysignal.com/2016/03/10/the-warning-signs-the-obama-administration-ignored-about-now-failed-co-ops-senate-report-says/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningbell&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonu67Ade%2FhmjTEU5z16uUvXKa3hIkz2EFye%2BLIHETpodcMTcdnPb7YDBceEJhqyQJxPr3NLtQN191pRhLiDA%3D%3D
ESCALATING COSTS
Blue Cross Tennessee expects to raise premiums 30% next year.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/mar/04/despite-rate-hike-bluecross-blueshield-boosts/353364/
EXPEDIENCY
#Obamacare supporters flip on hi deductibles – formerly evil, but now defended as cost control. LOL!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2016/03/07/are-high-deductibles-a-good-thing-part-i/#2440c3fa1013
RUBE GOLDBERG COMPLEXITY
Another #ACA mess – employer/carrier reporting will uncover thousands mistaken or lying about subsidy eligibility
http://www.benefitspro.com/2016/03/07/the-next-pr-problem-for-obamacare?t=core-group
UNWORKABLE
“Obamacare to begin rating network size of health plans”. (#Obamacare created this mess. #ChaseYourTail)
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/03/07/obamacare-to-begin-rating-health-plan-network-size/
UNSUSTAINABLE
Ohio scrambling to find money to cover Kasich Medicaid expansion disaster; bills coming due
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/03/08/john-kasich-ohio-failed-obamacare-expansion/#4849f1ab54a8
WASTE, FRAUD & ABUSE
Study: $161 billion in improper Medicaid payments since 2008.
http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/09/exclusive-study-finds-billions-in-improper-medicaid-payments/
CRONYISM
#CronyAlert – Chair of Georgia health committee is executive w/co. that has billion-dollar state Medicaid contract
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/investigations/2016/02/23/state-senator-also-executive-billion-dollar-year-state-vendor/80788772/
PROGRESSIVE PIPEDREAMS
Price tag for #CoOpFlops – $1.2 billion in unpaid federal loans (That’s a lot of #UnicornsAndRainbows)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/10/failed-obamacare-co-ops-have-not-repaid-1-2b-in-federal-loans-docs-say.html
PREDICTIONS GONE AWRY
Hospital uncompensated care numbers INCREASE when Medicaid expansion displaces private insurance
http://watchdog.org/258190/wyoming-charity-care-concerns-not-easily-fixed-medicaid/
ASSAULT ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Nuns ask: “Why are big corporations, military exempted from Obamacare contraception mandate but not us?”
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/u.s.nuns.ask.why.are.big.corporations.military.exempted.from.obamacare.contraception.mandate.but.not.us/81202.htm
FASICISTIC COERCION
Feds to require risk waiver at tanning salons (Short jump #ACA to controlling behavior. Don’t say we didn’t warn u)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-to-force-indoor-tanners-to-sign-risk-form-every-six-months-to-be-allowed-to-tan/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=6fa49f6250-WFB_Morning_Beacon_03_11_163_10_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-6fa49f6250-45628225
DID WE MENTION FASCISTIC COERCION?
Yo, #Obamacare supporters! You need to be checked for fascistic tendencies.