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BCBS VP: Obamacare prices will rise as much as 80% next year.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/389011-insurance-official-substantial-obamacare-premium-increases-coming
CBO: ACA benchmark silver plan to spike average 15% in 2019
http://myfox8.com/2018/05/24/obamacare-premiums-to-rise-an-average-of-15-next-year/
“Obamacare premiums in Florida could increase by nearly 17 percent next year.”
https://soundcloud.com/wlrn/504pm-obamacare-premiums-in-florida-could-increase-by-nearly-17-percent-next-year
Blame Obamacare’s forcing the individual market to bear the cost of pre-existing conditions – not Trump – for Obamacare prices tripling in 6 years
https://spectator.org/as-ocare-premiums-soar-dems-lie/
New Jersey becomes second state to impose Obamacare-type individual mandate on residents
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/05/30/new-jersey-becomes-second-state-to-adopt-individual-health-insurance-mandate-442183
ACA’s profit margin limitations backfire, raise healthcare costs. Insurers happy to pay higher bills because can bake them into premiums. #TheyWereWrongAboutEverything
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/05/buried_lede_propublica_admits_obamacare_the_culprit_driving_insurance_costs_sky_high.html
Obamacare torpedoed retention rates in individual market; enrollees two-third’s more likely to drop coverage than before ACA became law.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2018/05/25/reality-check-obamacare-greatly-worsened-retention-rates-in-the-non-group-market/#5c005291d610
Escalating out-of-pocket maximums disqualify half of Obamacare plans from incorporating HSAs
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/obamacares-cost-sharing-too-high-even-hsas?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1dKbE9ESmxZakkwWlRabCIsInQiOiIybGM4ZHBrUGdCYUxiUFJjUUxxSHVkQ2ppd0p3czdMN2lEZ2QzalRZRHNIc2pDM1ZvTlhCR0hCd3g4TTZnMWl6UVJld3lBM1JQTHJJRmRjUnFYRTRmakZwQm5BRHVYR1ozOFJuUlhsU3dCQ3pPUWpUQXZUXC9sUUpUQ3crd05Td2oifQ%3D%3D
California to eliminate hospitals from ACA network if don’t meet arbitrary goals. C-sections 23.9% – huh? #Rationing
https://spectator.org/california-to-ration-treatment-to-obamacare-patients/
Boosting short-term plans with guaranteed-renewal will save consumers 70% and keep people who develop expensive illnesses out of the ACA risk pool
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-chance-to-overcome-obamacare-1527517284
Almost 12 million Americans are on welfare this year because of Obamacare. Progressives view this as a triumph. No, it’s a tragedy and it’s unsustainable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/us/11-7-million-americans-have-insurance-under-health-act.html
‘Conservative’ work requirements backfire, enable Virginia to pass Medicaid expansion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-the-trump-administration-made-it-easier-for-virginia-republicans-to-expand-medicaid/2018/05/31/6571c44a-64ee-11e8-a768-ed043e33f1dc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.33cd32403bd8
Virginia Medicaid expansion already $47 million worse than advertised; legislators to return to statehouse to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate
https://baconsrebellion.com/millions-more-for-medicaid-expansion-now-you-tell-us/
California Assembly passes bill to cover illegal immigrants on Medicaid; will cost billions; bill heads to state senate. #TheInsanityContinues
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180530/NEWS/180539991
Feds tinker with North Carolina’s Medicaid FMAP match rate, which blows $40 million hole in state budget. #MoreMedicaidQuicksand
http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2018/05/30/legislatures-budget-fails-to-properly-account-for-40-million-loss-in-federal-funds-for-medicaid/
“Report: Nearly 17 cents of each state revenue dollar goes to Medicaid, 4.5 cents more than 2000”. #Unsustainable
https://www.watchdog.org/national/report-nearly-cents-of-each-state-revenue-dollar-goes-to/article_9f54f2a4-5959-11e8-8d34-b7f678cbc8f0.html
Oklahoma in for more Medicaid cuts as fiscal woes deepen. #Unsustainable
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/health/medicaid-cuts-could-force-most-oklahoma-nursing-homes-to-close/article_78a4045e-6377-523d-b75e-66c990224a12.html
Montana looking at cuts after Medicaid expansion throws state budget into the red. Expansionistas promised savings. What savings?
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/health/hospitals-say-medicaid-cuts-add-to-unpaid-bills/article_16e96150-69ef-50db-a593-2ffadc305cff.html
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
END THE OBAMACARE CONGRESSIONAL EXEMPTION!