Obamacare Still Bad News

“Obamacare Regulations Drove Up Health Insurance Premium Costs By Up to 68%”
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/03/24/new-analysis-obamacare-regulations-drove-up-health-insurance-premium-costs-by-up-to-68/

Here is how much each Obamacare insurance regulation has driven up premiums:

Anthem may leave many Obamacare markets next year.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/03/31/report-another-major-insurer-appears-set-to-pull-out-of-obamacare-markets/

Anthem departure could leave zero insurers in parts of Georgia, Missouri, Colorado, other states.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/upshot/obamacare-choices-could-go-from-one-to-zero-in-some-areas.html?_r=0

Support for ACA preexisting condition rules drops from 63 to 31% when cost and hit to quality included in question
https://www.cato.org/blog/wsj-how-obamacare-punishes-sick

Missouri House rejects Medicaid expansion (so much for supposed momentum post-Ryan bill blow-up)
http://www.kspr.com/content/news/House-vote-to-reject-Medicaid-expansion-frustrates-advocates-417677123.html

Governor vetoes Kansas Medicaid expansion, but veto override attempt coming
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/medicaid-kansas-brownback-override-legislature.html?_r=0

Erroneous Medi-Cal projections blow $1.9 BILLION hole in California budget
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/18/1-8-billion-error-adds-to-california-deficit-projection/

21% of U.S. population now on Medicaid. This is not a triumph. It’s a tragedy.

Managed care was supposed to be magic bullet for Iowa Medicaid, but losses climb to $450 million
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170330/NEWS/170339997

 

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