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– All the Bad News About Obamacare most Saturdays
ACA’s catastrophic failures would be happening if Hillary, Bernie or Bozo the Clown were President.
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/obamacare-not-trump-is-causing-obamacares-massive-rate-hikes/
Sen. Ron Johnson demands OPM records on Congressional Obamacare exemption.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/346954-johnson-wants-details-on-congressional-obamacare-exemption
Follow the money: ACA making former Obama staffers filthy rich. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/new-centene-ceo-is-another-example-obamacares-architects-getting-rich-off-obamacare/article/2631602
CBO: premiums 20% higher w/o subsidies. Shame on Trump for exposing how big ACA welfare checks are
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2017/08/15/cbo-trumps-threats-to-obamacare-subsidies-will-boost-premiums-20/#2553601d714a
I’m so glad I’m not a liberal. The pain of 400 people in remaining Nevada ACA dead zones is not real to them.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/15/news/economy/nevada-obamacare-centene/index.html
ACA still sickly after years of operation. Dead zones, one insurer. This is NOT what we were promised.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/upshot/obamacares-bare-county-problem-looks-mostly-solved-for-now.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics&_r=0
Obamacare enrollment assistance costs $1,545/person. Meanwhile, 1.9M dropped out this year.
http://freebeacon.com/issues/obamacare-enrollment-program-signed-fraction-canceled-coverage-2017/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=55e23729e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-55e23729e7-45628225
ACA wunderkind Oscar loses another $57.6 million. Genius, sheer genius.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-15/obamacare-startup-oscar-posts-57-6-million-first-half-loss
Study: 20% would decline health insurance even with a 90% subsidy. Not perceived as good value.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2017/08/17/still-sick-even-massive-obamacare-subsidies-wont-help-low-income-adults/#45d2215375e6
ACA Hotel California? Hemophiliac groups file civil rights complaint against insurer leaving Iowa exchange
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hemophilia-groups-file-civil-rights-complaint-against-wellmark-for-obamacare-discrimination/article/2631548
Relaxing Obama-era restrictions on short-term health insurance one answer to ACA dead zones.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2017/08/15/where-obamacare-has-become-unaffordable-short-term-health-insurance-can-help/#4d9428de4db6
Price Increases
Only ACA insurer left in Iowa asks for ave 56.7% increase.
http://qctimes.com/news/local/government-and-politics/medica-cites-uncertainty-in-proposing-even-higher-iowa-obamacare-rates/article_70b49dc2-8442-5da1-8bd5-85174857ff6a.html
New Jersey insurers file for ave 9%, 22% increases, WAY more than inflation. #ItsNotWorking
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/08/15/obamacare-gottheimer-seeks-bipartisan-fix-nj-insurers-higher-premiums/570505001/
Prices drop when people shop.
“71% of Cities Will See Double-Digit Premium Increases as More Insurers Drop Out of Exchanges”
http://freebeacon.com/issues/71-cities-will-see-double-digit-premium-increases-insurers-drop-exchanges/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=86e9067706-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-86e9067706-45628225
Insurer Exits
Most Virginians down to one insurer with Anthem joining Aetna and UnitedHealthcare in leaving state.
https://fairfaxfreecitizen.com/2017/08/12/howell-anthem-leaving-va-marketplace/
BCBS leaves Atlanta metro area
http://news.wabe.org/post/blue-cross-blue-shield-ga-pulls-out-atlantas-obamacare-exchange
Anthem exits Nevada, half of Georgia’s counties
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-anthem-nevada-idUSKBN1AN25N
Deconstructing the Single Payer Narrative (tweets & analysis) –
http://www.liberato.us/single-payer.html
REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!
– end the individual mandate
– return Medicaid to a poverty program (100% FPL)
– legalize true catastrophic insurance
END THE OBAMACARE CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION!