Tag Archives: CO-OPs

Oh Dear, Obamacare Strikes IL, AGAIN!

Posted on August 4, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: These heart-warming stories of Obamacare’s wonderful big-government plan-spoiling largess make us here at OCTS feel warm and tingly, like singing Christmas carols. “Ohhhh-ba-ma-care, Oh-ba-ma-care, how lovely are your branches?”  Isn’t Gruberized(tm) health care wonderful, affordable, and compassionate? (Not.) “Thousands … Continue reading →

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CT Obamacare Exchange Struggles to Save Remaining Two Insurers

Posted on July 29, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: “[W]ithout competition, the price of insurance goes up and quality goes down.  And it makes it easier for insurance companies to treat their customers badly.” –President Barack Obama, Sept. 9, 2009 “HARTFORD, Conn.  Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace hopes to … Continue reading →

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The unAffordable Act’s Death Throes–Oregon’s Co-Op Dies, Full Casualty List!

Posted on July 22, 2016 by OCTS4

40,000 Oregonians to Lose Their Plans Comment: A blind man could’ve seen this coming.  We sure did. “WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Friday evening that Oregon’s Health CO-OP would shutter, forcing its approximately 40,000 … Continue reading →

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49,000 Losing Plans in Illinois

Posted on July 15, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: “If you like your plan, you can keep it.” “Illinois moved Tuesday to take control of Land of Lincoln Health to begin an orderly shutdown of the insurance company, meaning about 49,000 people will lose their health coverage in … Continue reading →

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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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UPDATE – All The Bad News About Obamacare That’s Fit to Print

Posted on July 11, 2016 by OCTS1

Tonight, I’ll bring you up to date on Obamacare news.  Reports keep coming in about skyrocketing premiums under Obamacare.  Increases will average 13.5 percent in Washington State which, ironically, found it had to repeal its Obamacare-type law in 1995.  Increases … Continue reading →

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Co-Ops Beat Drop-Dead Deadline by Dropping Dead First

Posted on November 30, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Co-Ops were supposed to increase competition and lower costs.   But just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, you realize you’ve wayyyy underestimated the Gruber side of The Force. May the Gruber be with you. “State regulators have gone … Continue reading →

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Co-ops Cease Ops, 740,000 Lose Plans

Posted on November 6, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare-unwisdom said Gruberized non-profit co-ops would eliminate over-charging by “evil” insurers. OCTS readers will be glad to know the co-ops have avoided profits so successfully that most of them are already dead, taking loads of your health care money … Continue reading →

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ObamaCo-Ops Crash and Burn, Victims Lose Plans

Posted on November 6, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Government-conjured Co-Ops are Co-Flopping across the country. (Our friendly reporter blames this on the government not bailing them out (yeah, that’s a ‘free market’), but the actual cause is that the politicians running ObamUnCare pressed these weak companies to … Continue reading →

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173,000 Obam-No-Care’d in Illinois

Posted on November 4, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Can you still keep your plan this year, Illinois?  How about your doctor?  How’s that socialism working out for you? “Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state’s dominant player, is taking drastic actions to reduce costs. It’s … Continue reading →

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