Category Archives: Designed to Fail

Obamacare Forces Wal-Mart Benefit Cuts

Posted on October 9, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: They told you you could keep your plan. They said it wouldn’t affect employment. They said it would cost less.  They said employers wouldn’t dump workers onto Obamacare’s exchanges. They lied. “Wal-Mart told The Associated Press that starting Jan. … Continue reading →

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Survey: Obamacare Hurts Two People for Every One Person Helped

Posted on October 7, 2014 by OCTS4

“Of those who say the law has touched them directly, about twice as many report being hurt (27 percent) as report being helped (14 percent).” Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August-September 2014 Sep 09, 2014 | Liz Hamel and Jamie Firth … Continue reading →

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Study: Medicaid Expansion Has Increased ER Use

Posted on September 16, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: A major selling point of Obamacare was that it would save money by reducing ER use. You’ll be shocked to learn that fairy-tale wasn’t true. People with coverage use the emergency room MORE, not less.  The premise was always … Continue reading →

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Fed Surveys: Obamacare Has Employers Cutting Jobs, Hours, Outsourcing, Raising Prices

Posted on August 27, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: an absolutely devastating, real-world indictment of the unAffordable unCaring Act of 2010. “In a Philadelphia Fed survey of regional manufacturers out Thursday, 18% said they employ fewer workers due to the Affordable Care Act than they would in its … Continue reading →

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Rate Shock: NY Non-Profit Files For 15.2% Rate Hike

Posted on August 25, 2014 by OCTS4

You Can’t Keep Your Premium Either Comment: We all know you can’t keep your doctor or your plan, and, except for a few lucky ones, you won’t be saving anything, much less $2,500.  Now the 3% of Americans forced into … Continue reading →

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Major Obamacare Insurance CEO: Obamacare Isn’t Affordable

Posted on July 31, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: The CEO of one of America’s biggest Obamacare insurers (and beneficiaries) has some startling admissions: Obamacare doesn’t address cost, is not affordable, and the only way costs are controlled is when consumers make individual choices. ” The Affordable Care … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Hawaiian Wipe-Out

Posted on July 31, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Hawaii was the state first to declare its support of President Obama’s health redistribution law, and create an Obamacare Exchange–the Hawaii Health Connector–to demonstrate.  Remember the old adage, “Look before you leap”? “The problem starts with the Hawaii Health … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK: Calif. Rates Leap 22-to-88 Percent in 2014

Posted on July 31, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: The Administration is crowing about Obamacare rebates, but strangely silent on the (much larger) Obamacare rate hikes that pay for them. “DOI found that premiums for individuals increased by between 22% and 88% in 2014 (Aliferis, “State of Health,” … Continue reading →

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#RateShock – Study: Average Obamacare Hike is 49 percent

Posted on July 25, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: All the suffering we’ve seen so far has come from only about 5 percent of America–those who buy their own individual policies.  Delays in the employer provisions have hidden the impacts from most Americans for a couple more years–individual … Continue reading →

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CNN Poll: Obamacare: It’s Not Working

Posted on July 25, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: New poll results have the Administration’s buddies over at CNN winding up their poll-laundering machine from “rinse” to “spin”– “According to the poll, only 18% of the public say they or their families are better off now that the … Continue reading →

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