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State reinsurance programs reduce Obamacare premiums up to 43% in the first year
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/state-reinsurance-programs-reduce-premiums-nearly-17-first-year-operation-avalere
#GroundhogDay – “Widespread glitches occur on 1st day of ‘Obamacare’ sign-ups” #TrainWreck
https://apnews.com/da4bb26e243a46c5941a33f917fc6522
40% of the unsubsidized dropped out of Obamacare exchanges between 2016 and 2018 because of sky-high premiums. #ItsNotWorking
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/report-unsubsidized-individuals-are-fleeing-the-obamacare-exchanges
A court ruling overturning Obamacare would mean a big tax cut
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/obamacare-affordable-care-act-provisions-overturn
“America’s fiscal crisis, in short, is a health spending crisis.”
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/11/01/the-increasing-weight-of-health-care-spending-on-american-taxpayers/
Obamacare-spawned CMMI being misused as backdoor way to make wholesale changes to federal health programs. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
https://morningconsult.com/opinions/reforming-cmmi-is-not-partisan-issue/
North Carolina legislature adjourns without passing Medicaid expansion
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article236874893.html
“No appetite” for Medicaid expansion in Alabama
https://yellowhammernews.com/7-things-24-7-impeachment-talk-hunter-biden-promises-to-stop-profiting-off-his-dads-service-no-medicaid-expansion-in-alabama-and-more/
Medicaid expansion didn’t save Arkansas hospitals as promised. #ToldYouSo
https://townhall.com/columnists/nicholashorton/2019/10/24/another-broken-obamacare-promise-medicaid-expansion-is-still-not-saving-arkansas-hospitals-n2555340
Medicaid expansion crowding out private insurance in Maine. #ToldYouSo
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/10/30/maine-aca-enrollment-expected-to-drop-as-medicaid-expansion-continues/
The big money behind the Medicaid expansion push in Missouri comes from the usual specials interests: hospitals, unions, and assorted left-wing groups
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/15/who-putting-their-money-behind-missouri-medicaid-expansion/2303326001/
#ObamacareLogic – Medicaid expansion will save the state so much money we have to raise taxes to pay for it
https://www.ksnt.com/capitol-bureau/increased-cigarette-tax-could-help-pay-for-medicaid-expansion/
Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma would mean higher taxes or cuts to other programs
http://tulsabeacon.com/medicaid-expansion-means-higher-taxes-for-oklahomans/
Medicaid expansionistas in Louisiana still making inflated economic and job growth claims; refuse to subtract existing federal subsidies for low-end exchange customers being slammed into Medicaid
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/states-can-use-funny-math-on-medicaid-expansion-economic-claims
Advocate leaves out his earlier position that Medicaid expansion would exacerbate the primary care shortage from his pro-expansion testimony in North Carolina. #ExposeTheirMethods
https://www.jdnews.com/news/20191014/sen-jim-perry-medicaid-expansion-would-increase-gaps-in-access
Medicaid expansion kills another free clinic, this one in Ohio
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/dayton-free-clinic-suspends-hours-lacks-funding/BPvo4EcLQORVcPjlAsmVEM/#
Obamacare’s ‘temporary’ authority to auto-enroll food stamp recipients in Medicaid never went away; so much for eligibility checks; add in auto-renewal and you have another left-wing Dependency Machine
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/billion-dollar-loophole-threatens-medicaid-integrity
The Iron Law of Medicaid: spending still goes up even if enrollment stays flat.
https://healthpayerintelligence.com/news/medicaid-spend-grows-2.9-in-fy-2019-medicaid-enrollment-flat
Just a reminder: Medicaid expansion is running up the national debt and is, therefore, unsustainable
https://journalrecord.com/2019/10/17/free-market-friday-medicaid-expansion-linked-to-growth-of-debt/
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https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/features/health/29271/dollars-and-debt-how-long-can-medicaid-expansion-last
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!