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Uninsured rate under Obamacare jumps a point. All the king’s subsidies and all the king’s mandates couldn’t put Obamacare back together again. #ItsNotWorking
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/politics/trump-obamacare-coverage-rates/index.html
Obamacare enrollment in Virginia is down as premiums increase and half of all cities and counties cities are down to one insurer. #ItsNotWorking
https://www.richmond.com/life/health/enrollment-in-obamacare-individual-marketplace-down-as-premiums-climb/article_62abb1bb-df82-5f21-b20b-5d84f610ed37.html
Louisiana tries to fix Obamacare with a hi-risk pool. #ItsNotWorking
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/7/jeff-landry-louisiana-republicans-obamacare-replac/
“The percentage of physicians participating in ACA Accountable Care Organizations has fallen from 36% in 2017 to 28% in 2019.” #ItsNotWorking
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-april-2019-whos-your-doctor/
Obamacare patients having trouble getting mental health care. #ItsNotWorking
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/05/08/Study-Obamacare-patients-have-more-trouble-getting-mental-health-care/6441557318427/
Obama executive order set up ‘Healthy Living” committee as important part of ACA to restrict care; prescribes meditation, leaves patients in “unspeakable” pain; “Patients are being studied without their knowledge or consent”
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-april-2019-whos-your-doctor/
Medicaid expansion dead for the year in Kansas
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/medicaid-expansion-wont-come-kansas-year-after-last-ditch-effort-fails
Oklahoma think tank files challenge to Medicaid expansion ballot plan – title does not accurately describe the measure; initiative unconstitutionally cedes state power to Washington
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oklahoma/articles/2019-05-09/think-tank-challenges-oklahoma-medicaid-expansion-plan
Study claiming individual market premiums would drop under Medicaid expansion is flawed, e.g., fails to account for increased cost-shifting when providers get more low-paying Medicaid patients
http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2019/05/study-suggesting-medicaid-expansion-could-lower-premiums-raises-more-questions-than-answers/
Medicaid expansion drives up ER use and cost-shifting to private sector patients ($177 per person)
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/441730-medicaid-expansion-entails-significant-costs-to-consumers
Scheduled cut in federal match for Medicaid expansion contributing to Ohio Medicaid budget woes
https://www.watchdog.org/ohio/dewine-administration-looking-for-ways-to-rein-in-ballooning-medicaid/article_308b3dd6-6c06-11e9-9e5d-5f426597a753.html
Add Rhode Island to the list where Medicaid expansion has blown up: “In 2013 the state projected about 40,610 low-income childless adults would become eligible, yet 119,754 have since signed up.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-medicaid-tax-trap-11556838493
Rhode Island hits the wall. Governor proposes 10% business payroll tax to fund Medicaid
https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-medicaid-tax-trap-11556838493
Alaska hits the wall – Medicaid expansion state seeks $249M in cuts to Medicaid program
https://www.kcaw.org/2019/04/22/cant-put-any-dollar-sign-on-the-heart-sitka-health-providers-dismayed-by-state-budget-cuts/
Nebraska might have to cut benefits to 25,000 already on Medicaid in order to implement the voter-mandated Medicaid expansion
https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/medicaid-expansion-could-reduce-benefits-to-some-nebraskans-now-on/article_edae653c-cb44-58b8-96f9-6023232cfda2.html
American Cancer Society to spend $4.5M to push Medicaid expansion in more states
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/with-4-5m-medicaid-expansion-campaign-cancer-group-targets-southern-states-where-opposition-still-runs-deep/
If Gov. Bevin terminates Medicaid expansion because his work requirement proposals are not allowed, expansionistas will have no one to blame but themselves
https://m.state-journal.com/2019/04/23/jim-waters-let-states-clean-up-the-medicaid-mess/
“Expanding Medicaid in the remaining non-expansion states would crowd millions of able-bodied adults out of private insurance coverage and shift them into taxpayer-funded Medicaid.”
https://thefga.org/research/medicaid-crowding-out-private-insurance/
Medicaid expansion discourages work, creates government dependency, diverts resources from the truly needy, and blows state budgets
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/17/anthony-bryson-medicaid-expansion/
The story of Medicaid expansion so far: exploding enrollment and costs, mistaken predictions of growth and jobs, state savings that didn’t materialize, etc.
https://yellowhammernews.com/alabama-should-wait-and-watch-before-considering-medicaid-expansion/
Trump administration rule stops diversion of millions in Medicaid dollars to unions
https://www.watchdog.org/national/trump-administration-ends-unions-skimming-million-per-year-from-medicaid/article_8755b136-6d1f-11e9-ae3d-73cdf791c720.html
Louisiana House rejects Medicaid oversight committee despite the massive eligibility fraud found earlier this year
https://www.watchdog.org/louisiana/house-rebuffs-effort-to-create-medicaid-oversight-committee/article_f5c35b34-72a9-11e9-991c-2f08a259bfc1.html
It’s not true Medicaid Expansion saves rural hospitals. #TheyWereWrongAboutEverything
https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/first-rural-hospital-to-close-since-medicaid-expansion-in-arkansas/1984161381
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!