Category Archives: Designed to Fail

RATE SHOCK – Again!

Posted on June 3, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare, the gift that keeps on taking. “Dozens of health insurers say higher-than-expected care costs and other expenses blindsided them this year, and they’re going to have to hike premiums for individual policies well-beyond 10 percent for 2016.” “The … Continue reading →

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John Kerry: Gov’t Medicine for Thee, Heck NO! for Me

Posted on June 2, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Secretary of State John Kerry has seen healthcare in many nations. Injured in socialized medicine France, he at first sought care in quasi-private Switzerland, instead. End result? Kerry trusts European universal government medicine so much that he decided to … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK: Main TN Insurer Seeks 36% Hike!

Posted on May 26, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: <sarc> Man, those Obamacare savings keep piling up, don’t they? </sarc> “BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has filed to increase its health insurance premiums for 2016 individual plans by 36 percent, on top of a 19 percent increase approved last year.” … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Disaster (Part 3 – Botched Rollout)

Posted on May 14, 2015 by OCTS1

One cannot help but be struck by the monstrous incongruities between the hopes Obamacare engendered and the grubby realities of its passage, implementation, and results. The ACA was sold with messianic visions and utopianism. Nancy Pelosi promised Obamacare would free … Continue reading →

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Risk Corridors of Failure

Posted on May 13, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Darn those Grubers are smart, aren’t they?   After telling insurance comrades “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a subsidized socialized medicine hamburger today,” suddenly it’s almost Tuesday.  (Pro-tip: did you notice this news came out on a Tuesday?) “An … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Exchange Pearl-Dives; ‘Health Connector’ Disconnects

Posted on May 12, 2015 by OCTS4

(For you non-hipsters, “pearl-diving” is the rookie mistake of catching your surfboard’s nose in the water while catching a wave, sending its rider flying, then plunging toward the bottom instead of toward the beach. It’s the surfing equivalent of being … Continue reading →

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Obamacare State Exchanges Set to Gruber Consumers?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Gruber told us his ‘break through’ way to tax your employer health plan was to tax insurers, then blame them when they had to raise your rates, and the American voters would be too stupid to know what happened. … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Exchanges’ Brutal Collapse

Posted on April 13, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The ordinary, healthy people Obamacare exchanges need to work aren’t buying.  “Exchanges” that were sold as spurring competition, lowering costs, and helping Americans in general connect with better, more affordable insurance, are instead already collapsing into a giant new … Continue reading →

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FLASHBACK: Obamacare Scrooges Cancer Care

Posted on April 6, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: New HHS jingle? “Don’t worry, there are no death panels.  If you get cancer we’ll just withhold your care.  (Euthanasia, however, is fully-covered, hint hint.)” “ But there’s a catch with Keller’s new Humana Gold gold plan: His surgical … Continue reading →

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Consumers’ 2014 Health Care Spending Up 11.3%

Posted on April 3, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Consumer income fell, yet health care spending rose 11.3 percent. So, people who are hurting, earning less, were forced to spend more on health care. Thanks Obamacare! “While the majority of incomes fell, consumer spending, which accounts for about … Continue reading →

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