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Medicaid expansion’s higher than projected enrollment and per-person costs have led to billions in cost overruns; “expansion has cost taxpayers more than two and a half times as much as promised.”
https://thefga.org/news/new-fga-report-obamacare-expansion-cost-twice-much-promised/
Medicaid expansion states “have spent 76 percent more per expansion enrollee than expected.”
https://thefga.org/news/new-fga-report-obamacare-expansion-cost-twice-much-promised/
Medicaid expansion “a disaster” – massive cost overruns shattered state budgets, puts truly needy at risk, “and projections are only getting worse”
https://thefga.org/news/new-fga-report-obamacare-expansion-cost-twice-much-promised/
Medicaid expansion: the sick stay, so the healthy leave, so ave monthly enrollee cost rises 20% over 2 ½ years.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/costs-rising-for-obamacares-medicaid-enrollees-analysis/article/2646924
Medicaid expansion provider tax gimmick to raise cost of healthcare in Oregon https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2018/02/01/new_taxes_will_make_health_care_more_expensive_in_oregon_110765.html?utm_source=morning-scan&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp-newsletter&utm_source=RC+Health+Morning+Scan&utm_campaign=d540f11292-MAILCHIMP_RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b4baf6b587-d540f11292-84306653
Virginia Senate tables Medicaid expansion (this is just round 1, the battle will be in the budget discussions)
http://wtvr.com/2018/01/25/senate-republicans-reject-medicaid-expansion/
Virginia report tells familiar tale in the states: galloping unsustainable Medicaid spending gobbling up state budget
https://fairfaxfreecitizen.com/2018/01/27/parents-beware-medicaid-depleting-education-funds-virginia/
More evidence Medicaid expansion makes ER use go UP, not down.
https://economics21.org/html/real-hidden-tax-increased-insurance-coverage-2816.html?mc_cid=4b22d0c72b&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
Showdown coming in Idaho? Or will insurers shy away from offering ACA-noncompliant plans because of possible penalties?
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180131/NEWS/180139983/congressional-democrats-eye-hhs-response-to-idaho-aca-insurance-plans
States should chip away at Obamacare w/waivers for qualified plans, actuarial value, risk-pooling, etc.
http://dailysignal.com/2018/01/25/state-leaders-undoing-obamacares-damage/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRFM1kyRTNORGxpTldSayIsInQiOiIxNXVrZUJJcUNRNjFzMTl5OXg2cXl2emoxNjNseVNPK3VqOENjNWg2NGxWMklZWGdxeXlHN0hmNmZvalwvWXM0MjBveWpDaHRtNktFTmxLM2NBcEd0RW5oWGJYSXpIamJVbTBNNmpXN0RWejhIVE90SXE0WlV4VGVuNmV0ZHZPNTgifQ%3D%3D
ACA call center operator short-changes workers to tune of $100 million, per union complaint
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/30/us/politics/medicare-call-centers-wages.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics
Study documents ACA ‘crowd-out’ of private insurance, recommends block grants as cure
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/how-increase-health-insurance-coverage-reducing-aca-crowd-out-10900.html
Patients spend 3 times as much as they should because gov’t paperwork consumes two-thirds of doctors’ time
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bureaucrats-not-doctors-are-making-healthcare-so-expensive/article/2647097
Premiums for skimpiest Obamacare plan soar 35% in D.C.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/30/brozne-obamacare-premiums-skyrocket/
Deconstructing the Single Payer Narrative (tweets & analysis) –
http://www.liberato.us/single-payer.html
REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW!
– legalize true catastrophic insurance
– return Medicaid to a poverty program (100% FPL)
END THE OBAMACARE CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION!