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Trump administration doctor conscience rule delayed until at least November 22nd due to litigation
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/conscience-objection-final-rule-delayed/index.html
Federal appeals court asks for briefs on whether blue states have standing to challenge district court judge’s ruling overturning Obamacare; it’s possible no one has standing to appeal
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/450485-court-questions-whether-blue-states-have-standing-to-seek-to-uphold
“1.4 million lost health insurance since 2016 because of massive rate increases caused by ACA rules, according to an April CBO report”
https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-june-2019-aca-v-amendment-x/
California reinstates dreaded Obamacare individual mandate
https://apnews.com/02baf57f765b40fda79749fc350ae95c
Covering illegal aliens, reinstating the hated individual mandate, giving subsidies to people making 6 times the poverty level – could California get it more wrong?
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/18/california-embodies-everything-wrong-obamacare/
IBM to pay almost $15 million to settle its part in the Maryland Obamacare exchange train wreck
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ibm-to-pay-nearly-15-million-for-issues-tied-to-marylands-health-exchange-11560540150
New HRA rule ameliorates preexisting conditions problem because worker-purchased plans are portable
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/17/trump-administration-gets-smart-pre-existing-conditions/?utm_source=Galen+Email+Alerts+%26+AHC&utm_campaign=a655ed43c1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_14_12_40__COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_93ad194d45-a655ed43c1-171567693&mc_cid=a655ed43c1&mc_eid=4fec4aa80b
Rush Limbaugh caller describes his Obamacare nightmare
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/06/28/caller-describes-his-obamacare-nightmare/
California Blue Shield ditching workplace ‘wellness’ programs – ‘zombies’ that don’t work and don’t lower costs. Obamacare Genius Masterminds – #TheyWereWrongAboutEverything
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/25/california-blue-shield-exec-slams-zombie-workplace-wellness-programs.html
Unnecessary ambulance calls went way up after Medicaid expansion in New York – ‘cheaper than Uber’
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-06-28/unnecessary-ambulance-calls-in-nyc-spiked-after-obamacare
Study documents that enrollment blew way past projections in Medicaid expansion states
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/medicaid-signups-blow-past-forecasts-in-expansion-states-study
Idaho still doesn’t know how to pay for voter-mandated Medicaid expansion
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/how-will-idaho-pay-medicaid-expansion-group-looking-it
Cost shifting from the uninsured to private payers goes UP, not down after Medicaid expansion
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/the-arizona-medicaid-expansion-experience
Medicaid expansion – ginormous costs beyond all expectations, no significant improvement in health outcomes, persistent access problems.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/medicaid-expansion-is-a-failure-lots-of-spending-little-benefit
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!