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TAKEOVER–Has Obamacare Killed Private Insurance (Yet) ?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by OCTS4

 Comment: Remember how Obamacare would save money by “increasing competition”? Instead we have the opposite–even the biggest, healthiest established companies, who’ve served Americans for decades, can’t make it work. That’s by design. Before any legislation hit paper, activists plotted the … Continue reading →

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Unaffordability, Worse Than Ever?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Low-quality Obamacare coverage, though mandatory, has not made medical care more accessible, only added to its cost. “According to a study conducted by Gallup late last year, 31% of Americans report that they’re putting off healthcare because of its high … Continue reading →

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Covered California’s Lead Gruber, Apoplectic

Posted on February 5, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: We here at the OCTS are beyond amused to see CoverCA’s top health-slavery official moaning, wailing, and lashing out at UnitedHealth Group. UHC’s offense? Balking at throwing $500 million a year into his parasitic organization. Delightfully, UHC’s self-survival savvy has California’s Gruber-in-Chief holding … Continue reading →

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2015: The Year These Big Obamcare Lies Came Home to Roost

Posted on January 13, 2016 by OCTS4

Lie #1. KEEP YOUR PLAN: Remember how you’d be able to keep your plans? That was before Obamacare made them untenable… “Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has changed all of the plans it offers through Healthcare.gov from preferred provider … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Has Made Health Care Less Efficient

Posted on December 18, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: ‘Less efficient’ means more expensive, less affordable, and generally less responsive to the people using it.  Since those changes are the opposite of progress (and the opposite of what people want and need), this also means Obamacare is less … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Premium ‘Big Lie,’ Exposed

Posted on December 16, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: We told you so. OCTS has repeatedly warned that the Most Honest Administration Ever was pressuring insurance companies to set premiums artificially low, offering teaser rates so that the public would not feel the actual cost of this ghastly Obamacare … Continue reading →

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Obamacare, the Rate-Shocking Choice Mutilator

Posted on November 17, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The horrors of WWII left traumatized soldiers shell-shocked.  Under Obamacare, zombie-like individual-plan buyers have been wandering the countryside in a stupor, rate-shocked. Now that Obamacare’s swept-under-the-rug and delayed pain is finally arriving for small companies, they are starting to … 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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