BCBS exits Nebraska exchange, leaving one insurer.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/blue-cross-blue-shield-drops-out-of-obamacare-exchange-in-nebraska/article/2624788
“Trump Drafts Rule to Overturn Obama Mandate Forcing Little Sisters of the Poor to Fund Abortions”
http://www.lifenews.com/2017/05/30/trump-drafts-rule-to-overturn-obama-mandate-forcing-little-sisters-of-the-poor-to-fund-abortions/
“Small Businesses Look for Relief from Obamacare Employer Mandate, Restaurateur Says”
https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/06/obamacare-employer-mandate-small-business.html
Thanks to ACA, if you are hired part-time, you stay part-time.
http://obamacarewatch.org/other/american-health-care-regulation-halting-american-business/?mc_cid=79272bbd79&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
New rules allow individuals and small businesses to use online brokers instead of TrainWreck.gov
https://www.axios.com/aca-changes-are-aiding-online-health-brokers-2426895780.html
Support for ACA’s community rating plummets when poll includes higher costs, taxes, reduced quality for all.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacares-newfound-popularity-could-prove-fleeting/article/2624679
Corral the doctors, control the people – “less than half of physicians are independent”. Thanks, ACA
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170531/NEWS/170539971/for-the-first-time-ever-less-than-half-of-physicians-are-independent
Another study casts doubt on ACA ‘preventive care saves money’ assumption
http://www.nber.org/papers/w23413?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
EHR co. fined $155M for faulty software, fraud, kickbacks. (ACA never about healthcare; follow the money)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/health-records-faulty-software-239004
How many ACA cheerleaders will defend Obamacare when single-payer debate comes? Not many. So don’t t take anything they say seriously today.
Medicaid spending rises – is not ‘slashed’ – under Trump budget.
http://reason.com/archives/2017/05/29/trumps-medicaid-cuts-actually-increase-f/
Louisiana lawmakers vote to become more dependent on federal money to fix Medicaid expansion train wreck
http://www.wdsu.com/article/state-lawmakers-approve-dollar368-million-increase-for-medicaid-expansion/9915813
Illinois should freeze enrollment to fix Illinois Medicaid expansion train wreck
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170525/OPINION/170529920/illinois-medicaid-expansion-needs-unwinding
Medicaid not meant t/b permanent substitute for work. Supposed t/b temporary. Good goal – people off rolls.
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/democrats-cant-stop-these-medicaid-reforms-from-happening/
Inconvenient truth – Obamacare was failing long before Trump came along
http://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/no-trump-didnt-cause-obamacare-to-fail/