Rube Goldberg’s Revenge (all the bad news about Obamacare)

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– #SinglePayer most Mondays
– All the Bad News About Obamacare most Saturdays below and on Twitter

Dad unable to find Obamacare plan for 7-year-old daughter’s leukemia treatment
https://www.cato.org/events/does-affordable-care-act-discriminate-against-sick

10 Colorado counties down to one Obamacare insurer for 2021
http://www.realvail.com/eagle-county-among-unlucky-10-colorado-counties-with-just-one-aca-insurance-plan/a8765/

Obamacare premiums set to go up in California (again).  This is not what we were promised. #WheresMy2500
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/california-obamacare-rates-to-see-lowest-increase-in-2021

ACA risk adjustment program a flop; reduces competition, increases premiums, and disincentivizes plans from enrolling healthy people. #RubeGoldbergsRevenge
https://galen.org/assets/The_ACAs_Risk_Adjustment_Program_Needs_Adjusting.pdf
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https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/509630-a-commonsense-step-to-help-the-individual-health-insurance-market

States out $479 million in Obamacare fees they paid to the federal government, per appeals court ruling. #RubeGoldbergsRevenge
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-obamacare-states/states-lose-appeals-bid-to-recoup-479-million-in-obamacare-fees-idUSL2N2F22I1

Insurers ordinarily can’t change Obamacare premiums during a benefit year. #RubeGoldbergsRevenge
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/insurers-can-trim-obamacare-premiums-federal-regulators-say

Another stupid Obamacare idea (since repealed) – taxing health insurance to make it more affordable.  The next time someone tells you they’re a genius mastermind, run for the hills!
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/07/tax-health-insurance-coverage-to-make-it-more-affordable-thats-greek-to-me-mulshine.html

Law firm that won ACA risk corridor case wants $185 million in fees.  Your read that right – $185 MILLION.  Obamacare never was about healthcare.  Ca-ching, ca-ching!
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/quinn-emanuel-seeks-185-million-for-obamacare-payments-case

Biden doubles down on failed Obamacare – wants increased subsidies and a no-deductible public option despite program’s cost of $69,000 per newly insured person in the first six years
https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/commentary/obamacare-20-bill-would-be-windfall-pyrrhic-victory-insurance-lobby

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!

 

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