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Obamacare’s Limited Enrollment Hurts People (Real Life, Real Pain) (OCTS original reporting)
http://0363930.netsolhost.com/WordPress/2018/06/17/obamacares-limited-enrollment-hurts-people-real-life-real-pain/
Court rules against insurers claiming feds obligated to pay them $8 billion in ACA risk corridor subsidies; Congress repealed the appropriations; insurers weighing options, separate suit proceeding
https://www.wsj.com/articles/appeals-court-rules-against-insurer-moda-health-over-aca-payments-1528989913
District of Columbia Obamacare insurers seeking 15% rate hikes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/d-c-obamacare-insurers-seek-double-digit-premium-hikes-minnesota-expects-drop
Study blaming Trump for Obamacare price increases turns a blind eye to price spikes from the very beginning; “The Trump administration didn’t sabotage Obamacare. Obamacare sabotaged itself.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/12/3-problems-with-the-lefts-new-favorite-study-on-obamacare-rates/
New Jersey becomes second state to impose its own individual mandate; already outlaws low-cost short-term insurance, hitting the lower end of the income scale with a double whammy
http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/392070-new-jerseys-disastrous-decision-to-resurrect-obamacares-individual-mandate
State individual mandate falls disproportionately on lower income folks, drives young people away from Vermont
http://www.manchesterjournal.com/stories/health-insurance-mandate-a-step-backward-for-vermont-health-care,542082
Obamacare bites another cry-baby supporter; blames America instead of Obama and the Democrats. Tweeter: “we warned you”
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/06/11/fu-america-daily-beast-editor-who-gloated-over-obamacare-now-bawling-over-medical-bills/
Obamacare anti-conscience contraception mandate goes down in flames AGAIN – this time at colleges in Iowa and Michigan
http://www.lifenews.com/2018/06/13/judge-says-obama-hhs-mandate-cant-force-christian-colleges-to-pay-for-abortion-drugs/
Study finds more than half of Obamacare enrollees in California drop coverage during the year and many are gaming the system just to cover big expenses. #ItsNotWorking
http://www.nber.org/papers/w24668
Medicaid expansion will blow up in Virginia just like it has everywhere else; state’s new provider tax raises the cost of healthcare on everyone
https://www.watchdog.org/virginia/critics-virginia-medicaid-expansion-a-mess-will-lead-to-runaway/article_5564f018-6d72-11e8-9ff3-dbf473dbae95.html
North Carolina holding firm against Medicaid expansion; state Senate nixes cost study
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article213135734.html
Trump boom to give temporary reprieve to state Medicaid spending increases, but long term disaster looms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/state-spending-on-medicaid-expected-to-significantly-slow-in-short-term
Medicaid expansion supporters don’t put their money where their mouth is, don’t pony up themselves to pay for medical care for the poor. Instead, they make you and I do it.
https://idahofreedom.org/medicaid-expansion-proponents-havent-helped-the-poor/
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!