There is no end to the thorny problems Obamacare has created – train wrecks great and small. Just from the week gone by:
All-too common story: the Lyles in Texas tried 20 docs, but none would take their #ACA coverage.
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/wm-members-highlight-rising-cost-obamacare/
Illinois co-op flop leaves 49,000 facing higher costs; payments toward deductibles don’t transfer to new plan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-obamacare-plan-shutdown-fallout-0714-biz-20160713-story.html
“New Mexico insurer is dropping out of Obamacare exchange”; 10,000 can’t keep their plan
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/12/new-mexico-insurer-is-dropping-out-of-obamacare-exchange/
Burwell asks: ‘did you shop on the exchange?’ Kinda hard to do that with only 1 or 2 insurers left
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/sylvia-burwell-obamacare-health-care-225443
O-admin doesn’t have a clue what to do about places that are down to one insurer on the exchange
http://www.weeklystandard.com/how-obamacare-hides-104-billion-in-federal-spending/article/2002803
Burwell: “On the marketplace, for most people, they can find a plan for $75 per month or less.” What a joke.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/sylvia-burwell-obamacare-health-care-225443
Andy Slavitt can’t come clean on state exchange grants because they are, at root, crony slush funds.
http://spectator.org/the-curious-case-of-andy-slavitt/
O-admin officials unable to cite legal authority for cost sharing subsidies. No, this is not OK. #RuleOfLaw
https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/news/ec-wm-report-illegal-obamacare-spending-renews-focus-unprecedented-abuse-power
How can an agency make ‘promises’ to insurers and force Congress to cough up the money? Where does that stop?
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/287626-lawyers-cast-doubt-on-insurers-obamacare-lawsuits
Stay on to age 26? Mom & Dad get to know about your sex life and STDs. Some youngsters pay elsewhere.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-happens-to-privacy-when-young-adults-stay-on-parental-insurance/2016/07/08/f5adc9f4-3d3c-11e6-80bc-d06711fd2125_story.html