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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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Obamacare: Insurance Drains Your Funds, Doesn’t Mean You Get Seen

Posted on December 3, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare’s taking people’s money, but despite (or because of) all the premiums they pay, they can’t afford to be seen. As critics of the Obamacare legislation pointed out early on, health insurance is NOT healthcare. “For Martha Gruberman, a … Continue reading →

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Poll: More Americans Delaying Necessary Care Than Before Obamacontraption Passed

Posted on December 3, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare steals premium dollars for useless government ‘care’ items, like free birth control for seniors. Is it any wonder, then, that Gallup reports people are finding they can’t afford to see a doctor? Now they’re delaying needed care more … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Consumers–Did You Read the Fine Print?

Posted on October 19, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Here’s the Obamacare shell game–the administration advertises an attractive premium to make consumers think they’re getting a good deal, then hides the deductible, network limits, prescription restrictions, and co-pays in the fine print.  The net, calculated result is that … Continue reading →

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Deductible Shock Stuns Obamacare Buyers

Posted on October 19, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare takes Americans’ money by forcing all Americans to buy things they don’t want, leaving many Americans unable to buy the care they need. That’s an unavoidable result: Obamacare, adding electronic paperwork, bureaucrats, and middlemen, was the worst possible … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Deductible Bait-and-Switch

Posted on October 19, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Another Obamacare success story–a woman with a brain aneurysm forced to skip preventive care for it, thanks to Obamacare.  (The news isn’t all bad, however. The miracle that is Obamacare ensures that Ms. Wanderlich, 61, is guaranteed pre-natal care … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Policy-Holders Can’t Afford Treatment

Posted on October 15, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare is not affordable, and it’s not care. “Edward Frank of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, said he bought a plan with a $6,000 deductible last year through HealthCare.gov. That’s in the high range, since deductibles for popular silver plans on the … Continue reading →

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If You Like Your Rx Drugs … Nope

Posted on February 5, 2014 by OCTS4

Commentary: For all Obamacare’s high premiums, rate-hikes and mandates, if you need expensive drugs, you might not have any coverage at all. “The President famously promised that you could keep your health plan and doctor. For many people, both of … Continue reading →

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ACA–The Uninsured Aren’t Buying It

Posted on January 29, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Was it all for nothing? Did the people who couldn’t make a website in three-and-a-half years just turn American healthcare upside down, cut the choices, increase cost, and take it over for nothing? The whole reason given for the … Continue reading →

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The Coming Failure of the Obamacare Subsidies

Posted on October 9, 2013 by OCTS3

[…] “…the notion that the subsidies will never stop, or that they are figuratively heroin-like in nature, is false.” “…For the healthy, the subsidies are… a month-by-month financial pain inflicting mandate forcing millions of Americans to buy a product they … Continue reading →

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