Category Archives: Government Takeover

ACA Apparatchik: Good News! Obamnocare’s Limited Choice and Higher Cost-Sharing Are Intentional

Comment: Another Obamacare bait-and-switch—your wallet-busting rate-shock premiums would be even higher except they buried some of the cost into higher deductibles, coinsurance, and co-pays.  It’s a classic Obamacare bait-and-switch (which would be illegal if it were a defective used car, … Continue reading

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One-third on VA’s Wait List Have Died

Comment: For a sample of how government-run, single-predator Obam-no-care national socialized medicine might pan out on American soil, we need look no further than the Veteran’s Administration. “The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Inspector General on Wednesday confirmed that … Continue reading

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Judge: Suit on Obamacare’s Lawless, Dishonest Premium Scam may Proceed

Comment: The President, as OCTS has repeatedly reported, is dishonestly and illegally using federal monies to illegally disguise the actual cost of his disastrous program. “The Constitution, [U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M.] Collyer wrote, “could not be more clear: … Continue reading

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The Obamacare Resistance Movement Is Alive (and Growing)

Most Americans Are Opting Out of Obamacare’s Over-Priced Steaming Pile of Mandatory Compliances OCTS Commentary Lo, and Nov. 1, 2015, opening the third season of openly mandatory health-enslavement did loom, and the People’s new Masters saw it was good. But … Continue reading

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Obamacare is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Exhibit 28

“When insurers requested huge rate hikes for their 2016 ObamaCare plans, we were told not to worry because state regulators would force them down. But that’s not happening. Death spiral, anyone?” “In Alaska, the state regulator approved a 39.6% rate … Continue reading

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Obamacare is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Exhibit 27

Freedom of Choice, Flex-Spending, and Health-Savings Accounts soon to be Things of the Past Comment: “If you like your plan, you can keep it.” “Workers across the country will soon learn just how big President Obama’s “keep your plan” lie … Continue reading

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The Administration is Lying About Premium Increases

Comment: The Administration is publicly boasting about Obamacare’s supposedly low premium hikes. Meanwhile, they’re paying insurers under the table to keep rate increases lower than they otherwise would be. OCTS has previously published documentation showing that Obamacare has raised individual … Continue reading

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Obamacare Enforcer: IRS

Comment: The IRS loves you and we’re concerned about your care.  How’s that prostate of yours today?  Better than Tuesday?  We see it’s been acting up again… Because Big Brother Loves You That Much! “The Treasury inspector general for tax … Continue reading

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Obamacare TYRANNY! – IRS to Fine Small Bus. $36,000 Per Employee!

Comment: If you’re a small employer and dare to try to help your employees with their health care–but without providing full-on over-priced Obamacare–under a rule the IRS arbitrarily made up (and which is nowhere in the law), the federal government … Continue reading

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Obamacaid Support Defeats TN Politician

Comment: Support for Obamacare’s ginormous Medicaid expansion was enough to decisively end this politician’s dream for bigger, lamer, more expensive government and worse healthcare that none of us can afford. “(WBIR – KNOXVILLE) – Republican Jason Zachary defeated fellow Republican … Continue reading

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