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Justice Department refuses to defend Obamacare in court, argues preexisting condition and community rating provisions unconstitutional
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/391292-justice-dept-argues-key-parts-of-obamacare-are-unconstitutional?userid=29674
Maine Governor appeals court order to start Medicaid expansion, argues implementation without legislative appropriation violates separation of powers
http://www.capitalgazette.com/sns-bc-me–maine-medicaid-20180607-story.html
Plaintiffs in latest court challenge to Obamacare are self-employed who feel compelled to buy costly insurance that doesn’t fit their needs
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/04/texas-plaintiffs-personalize-uphill-legal-challenge-to-overturn-obamacare-580506
Scandal-ridden Serco gets $900M Obamacare contract. #DejaVuAllOverAgain https://www.standard.co.uk/business/serco-in-900m-contract-win-for-obamacare-a3856516.html
New York Obamacare insurer wants 39% price hike next year
https://www.syracuse.com/health/index.ssf/2018/06/why_central_new_yorks_biggest_obamacare_insurer_wants_whopping_39_percent_rate_h.html
Average 19% Obamacare price increase sought in Washington State for 2019
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/obamacare-plans-ask-for-19-percent-increase-in-washington-state
Obamacare rates in Pennsylvania to rise more than inflation
http://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2018/06/05/pennsylvania-obamacare-rate-requests-surprising-low-jessica-altman-insurance-department/stories/201806050122
ER visits spiked almost 10% in California after implementation of Obamacare. #TheyWereWrongAboutEverything
https://www.healthexec.com/topics/policy/ed-visits-california-jump-99-after-implementation-aca
Stanford researchers find evidence of ‘gaming’ in Obamacare – enrollees strategically dropping in and out of coverage to avoid big expenses. #StupidLaw
https://news.stanford.edu/2018/06/04/high-attrition-rates-may-make-aca-health-insurance-markets-unstable/
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men – guaranteed issue, benefit mandates, exchange train wrecks, failed co-ops, subsidies – couldn’t put dumpy Obamacare back together again
http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_9a28b4b8-668e-11e8-a763-13bfd797df89.html
Obamacare: spiking premiums, disappearing choices – what’s not to like?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/3/8-reasons-to-still-hate-obamacare/
Two more Christian schools defeat Obamacare abortifacient/contraception mandate
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/05/obama-hhs-abortion-mandate-suffers-another-defeat-cant-force-christian-colleges-to-fund-abortions/
Virginia to join Medicaid expansion states where the poor die on waiting lists while privileged able-bodied non-poor move to the front of the line
https://spectator.org/yes-virginia-medicaid-expansion-will-harm-the-poor/
Medicaid work requirements unrealistic: problems include lack of transportation, no high school diploma, poor health, seasonal work, no Internet access for online-only reporting
http://www.dailylocal.com/business/20180605/planning-ahead-medicaid-work-requirement-does-not-solve-the-problem
+ https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/arkansas-pulls-the-trigger-on-nations-first-ever-medicaid-work-requirement
+ https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/06/05/the-problem-s-with-arkansass-new-work-requirement-for-medicaid
$830 million Medicaid deficit looms in Oregon
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2018/06/06/how-oregon-health-leaders-plan-to-fill-a-looming.html
Medicaid expansion and its fiscal sinkhole fueling efforts to repeal Obamacare
https://www.bna.com/medicaid-expansion-hasten-n73014476239/
Even the Left knows that Medicaid condemns people to insurance denials and substandard care. If you want more people on Medicaid, you’re crazy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/opinion/medicaid-states.html?action=click&contentCollection=opinion®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
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!