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Federal trial judge blocks Trump administration rules expanding employer religious liberty exemptions to Obamacare abortifacient mandate
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-birthcontrol/second-u-s-judge-blocks-trump-administration-birth-control-rules-idUSKCN1P82HX
Obamacare’s EHR and bureaucratic requirements are burning doctors out in alarming numbers
https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/obamacare-bureaucracy-burning-out-americas-doctors-dr-marc-siegel-says
States need to get going on new rules expanding association health plans and short-term limited duration plans to provide relief from Obamacare
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/17/forget-washington-heres-how-states-can-improve-health-care/
Trump administration’s State Relief and Empowerment waivers can lessen the burden of Obamacare
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/trump-administration-announces-state-relief-and-empowerment-waivers-give-states-flexibility-lower
Oh, woe is me – work requirements kicking people off of Medicaid expansion in Arkansas. BUT REMEMBER! – the state did it the expensive way and costs had exploded way beyond expectations. State could NOT do nothing.
https://5newsonline.com/2019/01/15/another-1200-dropped-from-arkansas-medicaid-over-work-rule/
Partial Medicaid expansion (to 100% FPL) is directionally wrong and more expensive for states in each individual case
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/partial-medicaid-expansion-isnt-the-solution
Partial Medicaid expansion (to 100% FPL) would cost more money and fail the required ‘budget neutral’ test for waivers
https://www.aei.org/publication/allowing-partial-medicaid-expansion-would-increase-federal-costs/
Yo, Mississippi! ‘Limited’ Medicaid expansion? There’s no such thing. Just ask Utah.
http://www.djournal.com/lifestyle/health/mississippi-might-be-warming-to-limited-medicaid-expansion/article_9c297e93-f587-544e-a3e1-ddd5772111da.html
More ‘surprise’ costs surface in Virginia Medicaid expansion roll-out. #APoliticianADayKeepsTheSanityAway
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/wp/shock-more-surprise-medicaid-cost-expenditures/
Maine’s reliance on budget gimmicks means funding for Medicaid expansion runs out June 30th
https://bangordailynews.com/2019/01/11/opinion/editorials/medicaid-expansion-overdue-but-hasty-rollout-raises-concerns/
Nebraska has to find $48M to fund referendum-mandated Medicaid expansion; proposals include cutting coverage and raising taxes.
https://www.starherald.com/news/regional_statewide/after-fight-over-medicaid-expansion-nebraska-lawmakers-will-now-battle/article_8a82f7b2-d85e-59d1-8faf-971cbef97cd9.html
Let’s review the bidding: Medicaid expansion has blown up in Montana, Washington State, Nevada, New Mexico, etc. It has unleashed a “fiscal nightmare” on taxpayers.
https://www.yankton.net/opinion/letters/article_5f2d307e-155b-11e9-858c-e3c5233f66e5.html
Medicaid expansion not a done deal in Idaho; state constitutional claim the program leaves too much discretion in Washington still in litigation
https://idahofreedom.org/contrary-to-what-jim-jones-says-medicaid-expansion-is-not-a-done-deal/
“Medicaid, the main source of persons newly insured under ACA, was far more likely to challenge or reject doctors’ bills and took about twice as long to pay”
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-january-2019-aca-is-unconstitutional/
Game-changer? Trump administration looking at how to do Medicaid by capped block grants to the states by regulation
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-effort-to-let-states-remodel-medicaid-11547259197
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!