Category Archives: Government Takeover

Connecticut’s Co-Op Flops

Posted on July 11, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: The United States government estimates, “In 2013, there were an estimated 14,140,254 people living with cancer” in the United States, out of a population estimated at 316 million. That’s about 4.5 percent. This means that, thanks to Obamacare, at … Continue reading →

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Free Doctor-Owned Hospitals from the Shackles of Obamacare

Posted on June 23, 2016 by OCTS1

Under Obamacare, physician-owned hospitals (POHs) are prohibited from expanding while their competitors remain free to do so.  Physicians and their financiers lost millions of dollars when 30 expansion projects already underway were scuttled by the Affordable Care Act.  Only a … Continue reading →

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Besides Wasting Money, Are Obamacare’s E-records Killing People?

Posted on June 18, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Though advertised to save money (long debunked [1]), the real purposes of Orwellbamacare’s electronic data-gathering seem to be invading your privacy and making health care as unwieldy and expensive as possible.  But besides driving up cost and driving down … Continue reading →

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Americans Defying Obamacare: “Come and get me.”

Posted on June 13, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Much to the Obamacare-Grubers’ chagrin, about 60% of the “stupid American[s]” Prof. Jonathan Gruber intended to penalize into buying Obamacare, aren’t buying it.  Many have carefully calculated that the Freedom Tax (a.k.a. Obamacare penalty) is a lot cheaper than … Continue reading →

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Nation’s Largest Insurer QUITS Obamacare Exchanges!!!!

Posted on April 20, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment:  We told y’all. Despite premiums hitting 53% higher than before Obamacare, America has still not seen the real cost of Obamacare.  Why?  Because as proved by insurers’ losses, policies are still being sold far below cost, exactly as OCTS has … Continue reading →

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The Unbelievably High Cost of Single-Payer

Posted on April 19, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Not just in lives lost and care denied, but in plain old cash… “Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat and longtime single-payer advocate, ultimately decided not to seeking [sic] funding from the Legislature to implement the new law, known as … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Mastermind: “We Have the Highest Premiums in the Country”

Posted on April 18, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment:  Proud of their budget-busting, not satisfied with Romneycare’s Rocketing Rates, is it Mission Accomplished in the Gruber-land of Massachusetts yet?  No, wait, there’s more!  Undaunted by their Obamacare exchange cluster bomb, not chastened by Obamacare’s Boston Medicaid Expansion Massacre, … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s “Keep Your Plan” Death-Panel Targets HSAs

Posted on April 15, 2016 by OCTS4

“Final regulations published on March 8 will make it impossible to offer HSA-qualified plans in the future” TYRANNY ALERT: Health Savings Accounts are one of the best ways to achieve affordable health care that you yourself can control.  So, Obamacare … Continue reading →

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How Obamacare Just Made Your Taxes Harder

Posted on April 12, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: How can you tell when something’s better and more affordable?  When they have to force you to buy it! “In 2015, for example, annual premiums for “low-cost” bronze plans obtained through the law’s exchanges averaged $2,484 for individuals and … Continue reading →

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Drops Obamacare Commissions NATIONWIDE!

Posted on April 11, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: “Iceberg?  What iceberg?”  Wow. “Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the nation no longer are paying commissions on sales of new individual health insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” Insurers drop commissions on individual … Continue reading →

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