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UPDATED Obamacare Endgame: 20 Hospital Systems Leading to Single-Payer

Posted on March 25, 2016 by OCTS1

by Tom Barilovits The Obamacare endgame is to consolidate hospitals locally, then regionally and nationally into 20 massive systems across the U.S., each with around 250 hospitals and thousands of clinics. Why? Because it’s easier to nationalize twenty hospitals into … Continue reading →

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California Exchange Weaponized for One-Party Rule

Posted on June 27, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: You want to sign up for one-party rule?  Really? […] “…the California legislature and the new Covered California health insurance exchange are conspiring to keep secret how they will dole out more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer … Continue reading →

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Four Federal Probes Into Obamacare Co-ops

Posted on June 25, 2013 by OCTS3

“Multiple federal investigations are probing the $2 billion Obamacare co-op loan program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…” “Investigators from two separate offices within HHS’s Office of Inspector General are looking closely at the co-op program…” “The … Continue reading →

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Sebelius Turns to Fund-raising

Posted on May 30, 2013 by OCTS1

Comment:  Fund-raising is a technique used by the Girl Scouts. If I donate, when will I get my cookies? On a more serious note, a House committee is investigating. “HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking private industry executives to help … Continue reading →

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Docs Push Back on Hospital Ownership Restrictions

Posted on May 16, 2013 by OCTS1

Comment: Obamacare is a smorgasbord for special interests, including Big Hospitals. Think all hospitals are warm and cuddly, on the side of the angels? Think again. “Big, monolithic community hospitals have been trying for years to quash these upstart physician-owned … Continue reading →

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Congress Exempt Itself? A Thousand Times NO!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by OCTS1

Comment: It was hypocrisy enough that the Hill committee staffers who wrote Obamacare exempted themselves from the law. Now comes word that the rest of Capitol Hill wants out from under Obamacare, too. YOU GOT SOME NERVE! You foist this … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Crony Capitalist Cashes In

Posted on December 7, 2012 by OCTS3

“As [Senator Max] Baucus himself repeatedly boasted, the architect of that legislation was Elizabeth Folwer, his chief health policy counsel….” “when the Obama White House needed someone to oversee implementation of Obamacare after the bill passed, it chose . . … Continue reading →

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HHS Accused of Crony Capitalism and Coverup

Posted on December 4, 2012 by OCTS3

“HHS has contracted with a subsidiary of a private health care company to help build and police the very exchanges in which that company will be competing for business. The person who ran the government entity that awarded that contract … Continue reading →

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