People may not understand healthcare policy, but they understand wrong-doing. The Obamacare news this week starts with flim-flam, deception, and bribery. But what else would you expect from a law born of flim-flam, deception, and bribery?
CMS misusing taxpayer info to target mandate payers in Obamacare marketing campaign
https://majoritywhip14.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?gpiv=2100138243.4006.249&gen=1
HHS hides report suggesting Medicaid expansion cause of stunning rise in Medicaid fraud.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/09/18/obamacare-medicaid-expansion-a-lot-of-spending-of-little-value/#6821dfd95263
Taxpayers failing to reconcile ACA credits to wages; IRS spits out subsidies anyway. #RubeGoldbergsRevenge
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/09/21/11-billion-in-missing-obamacare-subsidies-from-mass-tax-noncompliance/2/#cb1871273462
CMS hands remaining insurers a crutch, signaling it will go easy on consumer complaints (enrollment errors, etc.)
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160921/NEWS/160929983/aca-plans-that-see-2017-enrollment-surge-may-avoid-enforcement-over
“ObamaCare Individual Mandate Fine Hit 8 Million People This Year”
http://www.investors.com/news/obamacare-individual-mandate-fine-hit-8-million-people-in-2016/
#PremiumPain #61 – Colorado Obamacare rates jump ave 20%
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/20/colorado-health-insurance-rates-2017-individual-buyers/
Obamacare plans have 34% fewer providers in network than off-exchange plans (‘But it’s better!!!’ Sure.)
http://freebeacon.com/issues/audit-obamacare-enrollees-trouble-affording-accessing-care/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=705ae3717c-WFB_Weekend_Beacon_09_17_169_16_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-705ae3717c-45628225
ACA will depress wages for high-skilled workers by 1.3%, low-income workers by 3%.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelcannon/2016/09/16/new-survey-suggests-obamacare-killing-jobs/#532ca65b5ea6
Medicaid expansion drags down economy; full expansion would ding activity $174B, destroy 200,000 jobs
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/09/18/obamacare-medicaid-expansion-a-lot-of-spending-of-little-value/#6821dfd95263