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RATE SHOCK, Michigan — Up ANOTHER 17% !

Posted on August 6, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Now THAT’s Affordable!  ObamacareLogic: “The more you pay, the more affordable Obamacare gets!” “Health plans sold on Michigan’s insurance exchange could see an average 17.3% increase next year, and if recent history is any guide, state regulators could approve … Continue reading →

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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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Feds Squash Ohio’s Obamacaid Financing Game

Posted on August 3, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: States jumping onto Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has nothing to do with efficient, compassionate health care for their citizens, and everything to do with cashing in on a financial shell-game that states believe is a “free” federal gravy train. Of … Continue reading →

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MEDICAID EXPANSION Responsible For ONE TENTH of the National Deficit in 2014

Posted on July 28, 2016 by OCTS4

OCTS original reporting, July 15, 2016 Our Friend, Mr. National Debt Pretty much anything with a pulse (including your neighbor’s cat) knows America’s national debt is the twenty-trillion pound elephant ready to crush the country’s future. Wondering just how that’s … Continue reading →

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Another 22,000 Ohioans Lose Plans … and Face IRS Penalty Because of It – UNFAIR!

Posted on July 27, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: What’s even better than Obamacare killing your plan? Why, losing your plan, getting Obama-fined for it, and having to pay a second deductible!  Trois fois merci, Obamacare! “The Ohio Department of Insurance took control of Westerville-based InHealth because of … Continue reading →

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CORRUPTION: OBAMACARE OFFICIALS CAUGHT PAYING OFF INSURERS TO REMAIN IN EXCHANGES

Posted on July 26, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: MONSTROUS government malfeasance of the highest order.  High crimes and misdemeanors, felonies, and theft, all in a desperate attempt to prop up a hideous outrage and cover up what we all always knew: Obamacare does not work. “Senior Obama administration … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK: 19% PREMIUM HIKES SOUGHT NEXT YEAR

Posted on July 19, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment:  Wow, look how ‘Affordable.’  Any questions? “According to the Council for Affordable Health Coverage, median proposed premiums are expected to rise by an average of 19% next year.” W&M Members Highlight the Rising Cost of Obamacare July 12, 2016

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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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2017 RATE SHOCK: Texas’ Largest Obamacare Insurer Files for Rate Hikes Averaging 58%

Posted on June 3, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Death spiral?  What death spiral? “The largest health insurer in Texas wants to raise its rates on individual policies by an average of nearly 60 percent, a new sign that President Barack Obama’s overhaul hasn’t solved the problem of … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s ‘Controlling Costs’ Means Hiking WA’s 2017 Rates by 13.5%

Posted on May 19, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: This classic video compiles some of the times Obamacare promised you its extra middlemen, bureaucrats, and taxes would save you $2,500 a year. And we can all see it’s working great, because ObamacareLogic(tm) says, “Nothing says ‘savings’ quite like … Continue reading →

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