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Obamacare didn’t work as advertised: 29M still uninsured; rate unchanged from 2016
https://freebeacon.com/issues/29-million-still-uninsured/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=b1736473e2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_14_12_48_COPY_99&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-b1736473e2-45628225
ACA risk adjustment program didn’t work as expected; shifted money from small insurers to mega-carriers
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/commentary/yet-another-obamacare-problem-needs-be-cleaned-trump
Obamacare’s dazzling rhetoric didn’t work – instead of “bending the cost curve down,” the ACA has caused healthcare spending to go UP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/despite-obamacare-healthcare-spending-is-spiraling-out-of-control
Secret budget deal transferred $3 billion from pharma companies to insurers to bail them out from Obamacare death spiral
https://townhall.com/columnists/markhahn/2018/09/18/congress-must-repeal-schumers-shady-3-billion-obamacare-bailout-for-health-insurers-n2520150
Big picture, Obamacare’s effect on preventing coverage denials for preexisting conditions has been marginal (and there are better solutions)
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/pre-existing-conditions-democrats-campaign-ads-november-elections/
A federal fallback insurance fund would solve the preexisting conditions problem for less than half the cost of Obamacare subsidies, and lift the burden off premium payers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/09/19/dems_winning_votes_with_big_lie_about_pre-existing_conditions_138112.html
CMS agrees: short-term non-ACA plans boost consumer affordability and choice
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/cms-encourages-states-to-allow-the-sale-of-short-term-health-insurance-plans
Idaho says only one issue stands in the way of being able to allow cheaper plans with fewer benefits to be sold in the state
https://nypost.com/2018/09/19/how-trump-can-silence-the-dems-preexisting-conditions-lie/
We can still repeal Obamacare and replace it with something better
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/24/heres-a-big-idea-lets-repeal-and-replace-obamacare/
Ohio has a ticking time bomb in Medicaid expansion costs and Kasich knows it; it’s only a matter of time until the feds renege on guarantee to pay 90%. #Unsustainable
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2018/09/28/opinion-ohio-has-ticking-medicaid-time-bomb/1409911002/
It’s not a slam dunk CMS will approve Maine’s Medicaid expansion; requires showing of “proper” state financing, but Maine’s legislature hasn’t provided sustainable funding for state costs
https://apnews.com/bc5e4a5990d5487d8a1c18baa6934903
Critics poke holes in Louisiana’s claim Medicaid expansion has worked economic wonders; state has net job loss year-over-year
https://www.watchdog.org/louisiana/critics-edwards-claim-that-medicaid-expansion-created-jobs-economic-growth/article_8cfcb530-c0e0-11e8-8f08-c3ee566682b9.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!