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ACA Hospital Readmission Reduction successfully reduced hospital readmissions by 0.9% but the mortality rate rose by 5%. 5,400 die. #TakeYourMoralSuperiorityAndShoveIt
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-december-2017-death-taxes/
At least 21,904 people already on waiting lists have died in Medicaid expansion states since Obamacare began.
https://thefga.org/research/waiting-help-medicaid-waiting-list-crisis/
More disabled people are dying because of Medicaid expansion, but that’s OK – WE LOVE OBAMACARE!
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/03/06/obamacare-medicaid-expansion-is-causing-more-disabled-people-to-die-on-waitlists-new-report-says
Virginia House Republicans Can’t Answer Hard Questions About Medicaid Expansion (the Truth Squad demands answers and you should, too)
http://0363930.netsolhost.com/WordPress/2018/03/06/virginia-house-republicans-cant-answer-hard-questions-about-medicaid-expansion/
Nullification of Obamacare in Idaho proved a bridge too far, but the fight goes on.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/idaho-affordable-care-act-trump-administration.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics
IRS starting to send employer mandate deficiency letters for 2015 and the fines are staggering. Firms facing financial ruin.
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/money/business/2018/03/10/obamacares-employer-mandate-provision-may-lead-financial-ruin-some-companies/395929002/
“Premiums for ACA health insurance plans could jump 90 percent in three years”. #ItsNotWorking and it ain’t ever gonna work. Pull the plug!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/premiums-for-aca-health-insurance-plans-could-jump-90-percent-in-three-years/2018/03/08/1ebb4c44-22e3-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?utm_term=.dda0d87fb82c
“Poll: Americans Oppose Obamacare Insurer Bailouts Even If They Would Reduce Premiums”
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/poll-americans-oppose-obamacare-insurer-bailouts-even-if-they-would
“Demand for Short-Term Health Insurance Has Steadily Grown Since Implementation of the ACA”. Half say they would be uninsured without it.
https://news.ehealthinsurance.com/news/demand-for-short-term-health-insurance-has-steadily-grown-since-implementation-of-the-aca
Washington State insurance commish sabotages Trump administration’s boost to short-term insurance.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180306/NEWS/180309936/washington-insurance-commissioner-to-set-protections-for-short-term
How did Obamacare drive up premiums? Let me count the ways…..
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/how-obamacare-raised-premiums
Liberal states foundering in their quixotic quest to revive the individual mandate at state level
http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-obamacare-individual-mandate-tax-law-states.html
‘Cost-sharing subsidies would lower premiums 20%’. Translation: Obamacare hides the true cost of insurance.
https://www.axios.com/white-house-aca-subsidies-lower-premiums-1520352713-cf2b15f9-9d5e-4e1b-b736-23cfc15cef67.html
CMS refuses to allow Arkansas to return its expanded Medicaid eligibility back to 100% of FPL. #HotelCaliforniaYouCanNeverLeave
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180305/NEWS/180309952
Obamacare’s narrow networks cause delays in care, causing higher costs and worse outcomes
https://morningconsult.com/opinions/narrow-networks-are-bad-for-patients-and-unlikely-to-save-money/
Maine’s voter-mandated Medicaid expansion a net loser; higher costs than savings. Good luck finding $61.9 million.
http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20180305/NEWS01/180309981/analysis-details-costs-of-implementing-voter-approved-medicaid-expansion
Maine administrator: ‘OK, learn your lesson the hard way. We expanded Medicaid pre-ACA and got $750M deficit and facilities closed.’
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900011882/op-ed-take-lessons-from-maine-utah-should-stay-cautious-on-medicaid-expansion.html
Idaho legislature right to reject Medicaid expansion; plan was a crony deal to stick taxpayers with insurance costs and create subsidized customers
http://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article203953854.html
Virginia House Republicans proceeding with Medicaid expansion in face of known danger it will blow up the budget. #Irresponsible
http://www.jeffersonpolicyjournal.com/thompson-march-8/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=virginias_latest_policy_news_from_jefferson_policy_journal&utm_term=2018-03-08
Virginia Republicans, wake up! White House and both houses of Congress are all looking to cut Medicaid expansion funding.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/09/why_medicaid_expansion_is_a_bad_deal_for_virginians__136472.html
More than half of enrollees in Indiana’s super-duper Medicaid expansion fail to pay ‘skin-in-the-game’ premiums. So much for ‘conservative’ lipstick on statist pig.
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/digging-into-the-data-what-can-we-learn-from-the-state-evaluation-of-healthy-indiana-hip-2-0-premiums/
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!