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OMB’s Mick Mulvaney slaps Virginia Republicans on Medicaid expansion; ‘explosion of spending not justified by outcomes’; Trump budget asks to repeal it.
http://www.newsadvance.com/news/state/wire/white-house-budget-director-weighs-in-on-medicaid-expansion/article_6e766545-0422-5bbd-aa35-4179aa49c633.html
20 states sue to end Obamacare; upheld as a tax but, after individual mandate repealed, all that’s left is an unconstitutional affront to the Commerce Clause
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/20-states-sue-trump-administration-to-end-obamacare-after-mandate-repeal/article/2650106
Teacher blames West Virginia teachers strike on Obamacare for not controlling costs as advertised; striking for better health benefits
https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/daily_mail_opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-to-strike-or-not-to-strike-daily-mail/article_ba7ab1a9-49a3-58a7-b115-5805cd4efc2d.html
“Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mark-meadows-wants-retroactive-repeal-of-obamacares-individual-mandate-this-tax-season/article/2650497
California doing a bad job of determining Medicaid eligibility; federal taxpayers shell out over a billion dollar for ineligible or potentially ineligible beneficiaries.
https://oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region9/91602023.pdf
Left-wing think tank finds Obamacare premiums in California will go up 18% next year.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Obamacare-insurance-premiums-to-rise-18-percent-12710321.php
Obamacare with its $25,000 annual premiums and high deductibles is driving farmers off the land
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/24/farm-bureau-wellmark-would-skirt-obamacare-rules-under-iowa-legislation/331275002/
Repeal of ACA individual mandate tempts Iowa to follow Tennessee Farm Bureau which offers non-compliant plans
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/24/farm-bureau-wellmark-would-skirt-obamacare-rules-under-iowa-legislation/331275002/
“Christian College Wins Legal Battle, Won’t be Forced to Pay for Abortion Pills”
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/02/26/christian-college-wins-legal-battle-wont-be-forced-to-pay-for-abortion-pills/
Cowardly House Republicans want to use ‘nonpayment payments’ budget gimmick for Obamacare insurer bailouts. #OnlyInWashington
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/376145-gop-eyes-budget-maneuver-to-pay-for-obamacare-funds
“Tens of thousands of Medicaid recipients don’t pay their premiums”. Vaunted ‘skin-in-the-game’ ‘conservative’ reform is a pipedream.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/28/news/economy/medicaid-premium-payments/index.html
Work requirements for Medicaid expansion sound great but affect few people. Another illusory ‘conservative’ reform
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/wp/2018/03/01/swallowing-a-toad-republican-style/?utm_term=.9436e5bb584e
“Poll: Nearly 4 in 5 Republicans Oppose Obamacare”. The Democrats rammed it down everyone’s throat. What did they expect?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/01/poll-nearly-4-5-republicans-oppose-obamacare/
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!