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States that drank the Medicaid expansion Kool-Aid scrambling to stave off financial disaster
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-10-11/obamacares-medicaid-expansion-is-sucking-states-dry
Vote ‘no’ on Medicaid expansion in Maine; previous expansion a disaster, estate claw-backs loom, price tag $400M
https://knox.villagesoup.com/p/voting-no-on-medicaid-expansion/1693552
Medicaid main driver of Virginia state spending growth, zoomed by 73% 2008-17. #Unsustainable
https://fairfaxfreecitizen.com/2017/10/12/medicaid-top-driver-state-spending-growth/
Previous NY Medicaid expansion caused MORE racial disparity in access to cancer surgery
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-10-ny-state-medicaid-expansion-widened.html
7.5 million people unsubsidized and getting slammed; ‘can’t do stuff for my grandchildren’
https://khn.org/news/overlooked-by-aca-many-people-paying-full-price-for-insurance-getting-slammed/
Pricing ACA plans without cost sharing subsidies exposes the true cost of Obamacare. #NoMoreHidingTheBall
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/2017/10/06/whats-behind-45-hike-unsubsidized-obamacare-premiums-florida-directive-insurers/736712001/
Georgia ACA rates going up 23-40%, plus another 17% if cost sharing subsidies not funded
http://thebrunswicknews.com/opinion/editorial_columns/obamacare-premiums-just-keep-going-up/article_9422265e-2ccd-5554-8a06-f966547490a2.html
Unsubsidized health insurance customers in New Hampshire hit with 52% increase
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/panel-studying-medicaid-expansion-to-hear-updated-analysis/
“Health Insurers in Florida Request Premium Rate Hikes as High as 71%”
http://freebeacon.com/issues/health-insurers-florida-request-premium-rate-hikes-high-71/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=cfb8038229-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-cfb8038229-45628225
“Obamacare premiums to jump as much as 22 percent for some North Dakotans”
http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/4339736-obamacare-premiums-jump-much-22-percent-some-north-dakotans
Optima raises Obamacare rates ave 81% in Virginia; other insurers in the state going up double digits
https://pilotonline.com/news/local/health/obamacare-marketplace-survives-but-virginia-premium-rates-are-increasing-by/article_53c26297-505a-5b64-b1f5-0ac537922a31.html
Record ACA increases in New Mexico – 17-49%
http://freebeacon.com/issues/health-insurers-new-mexico-implement-record-high-premium-increases/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=2a5c73dfd8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-2a5c73dfd8-45628225
“In 47 of 50 cities, ObamaCare coverage will be ‘unaffordable’ in 2018 by law’s definition”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/29/in-47-50-cities-obamacare-coverage-will-be-unaffordable-in-2018-by-laws-definition.html
“Nevada Obamacare rates expected to rise nearly 37 percent”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nevada-obamacare-rates-expected-to-rise-nearly-37-percent/article/2636325
“Highmark’s Obamacare policies to rise 25 percent in Delaware”
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/health/2017/10/05/highmarks-obamacare-policies-rise-25-percent-delaware/732278001/
West Virginia Obamacare rates go up 19.6% and 25.6%
http://wvmetronews.com/2017/10/10/state-insurance-commission-approves-obamacare-exchange-rate-increases/
California ACA exchange slaps on 12.4% surcharge, bringing silver plan increases to 25%
https://khn.org/news/california-slaps-surcharge-on-aca-plans-as-trump-remains-coy-on-subsidies/
“Obamacare insurance rates to rise 36 percent in Wisconsin next year”
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/obamacare-insurance-rates-to-rise-percent-in-wisconsin-next-year/article_aca5f9b8-9d28-5d57-95e3-060462506256.html
Nashville Obamacare policyholders to lose access to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2018
http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2017/10/05/vanderbilt-health-network-2018-nashville-area-aca-insurance-plans/736186001/
Sen. Ron Johnson threatens to subpoena OPM on Congressional Obamacare exemption flim-flam
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/05/top-gop-senator-threatens-subpoenas-over-obamacare-exemption-for-congress.html
New interim rules provide relief from Obamacare abortifacient/contraception mandate
http://dailysignal.com/2017/10/06/trump-administration-undoes-obamacares-egregious-assault-on-religious-freedom-conscience-rights/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpJelpERmlaVEk1TVRSaSIsInQiOiJJXC9uWkllK1NWcUlNaVlmaVMwbzVoRHpJVlJZRmpjQ0UyMG9BT1RUaUJaYk5kVmpzemdVTHBNYitIS2RBUHBmUzhCV1wvT0l4emhMNDNSN1hjTDJJajhXaTBJaURuMm1RaktCaXJCSVVwWTlRZHJGV1lGMmVZNHdmUmcrbHZUUjJaIn0%3D
Obamacare tax on health insurance plans goes back into effect in January at higher rate
http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/12/unless-congress-acts-delayed-obamacare-tax-health-insurance-takes-effect-next-year/
Michelle Malkin gets 4th insurance cancellation notice, but ‘you can keep your plan’. #LIARS
http://dailysignal.com/2017/10/11/universal-coverage-fourth-health-care-plan-just-died-thanks-obamacare/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRrMFlUSTJaRFkyWmpnNSIsInQiOiJSdVwvRlhjMDEyMDliYVhwUW9vY2pzMmhRTFF3cjhseWFFMVBjblB6dWxLQUNvXC9PcEhWdkY1MjRhM2N5dHdzdDZhWGoxdGVGYjg1T2ZcL1M0clltbXhRYmhzc3J0bXo1VlU3T3FqM0ZaK0E4R3k3YVUySGJMNVBzY3J5R1Z2M2hQYSJ9
4 of 5 households paying Obamacare individual mandate penalty earn less than U.S. median income
http://freebeacon.com/issues/majority-households-paying-obamacare-penalty-low-middle-income/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=5528463a7a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-5528463a7a-45628225
Typical individual mandate penalty payer makes $12/hr. So much for Progs and their ‘fairness’.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacares-disparate-impact-on-the-working-poor-1507584025
“only Congress can change the law” when it comes to the individual mandate tax penalty thingy
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355144-trump-administration-hints-at-enforcing-obamacare-mandate
Trump executive order expands insurance sales across state lines, short-term insurance option
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/12/trump-to-issue-new-order-that-could-undercut-obamacare-markets.html
Trump executive order boosts employer association plans and health reimbursement accounts
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355123-trump-eases-obamacare-rules-with-executive-order
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!