Tag Archives: Exchanges

UPDATE – The Correct Bathroom for the New Soviet Man

Posted on May 16, 2016 by OCTS1

It was a big week for Obamacare news, so let’s get right to it. As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the House won its lawsuit against the administration’s Obamacare cost sharing subsidies made without Congressional appropriations.  It’s a nice win for the … Continue reading →

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Expert: It’s Official – Obamacare’s Insurance Model Does Not Work

Posted on April 21, 2016 by OCTS4

“It’s official. The Obamacare insurance company business model does not work.” “Why is this happening? Because nowhere near enough healthy people are signing up to pay for the sick.” “[T]he poorest are buying Obamacare and the vast majority of the … Continue reading →

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Drops Obamacare Commissions NATIONWIDE!

Posted on April 11, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: “Iceberg?  What iceberg?”  Wow. “Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies across the nation no longer are paying commissions on sales of new individual health insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.” Insurers drop commissions on individual … Continue reading →

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Highmark Health Loses $565 Million in 2015

Posted on April 7, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Highmark Health is spending $1.20 for every dollar they receive in Obamacare premiums.  Isn’t this where we’re supposed to say “Oh goodie, that wonderful, wonderful Obamacare is squeezing those awful insurance companies to death”? Sorry, here at OCTS we … Continue reading →

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Chelsea Clinton: “The Crushing Costs of the Affordable Care Act”

Posted on March 31, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Oh dear Reader, sometimes life is so good to us at the OCTS that we wonder what we’ve done to deserve it. Here’s Chelsea Clinton caught explaining how her mom will try to deal with “the crushing costs” of … Continue reading →

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Obamacare “Way Costlier”

Posted on March 18, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: It’s rough sledding for Obamacare’s crony bedfellows so far.  Oscar, the oft-cited Obamacare “success”, lost $105 million on $127 million in premiums in 2015.  (That means Oscar has to nearly double premiums or cut costs in half to break … Continue reading →

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Report: ACA Hikes Cost and Reduces Competition

Posted on March 17, 2016 by OCTS4

FLASHBACK: “So just by pooling and creating competition so that insurers have to go after people’s business the way they go after a group plan, we have drastically reduced premiums and costs.” –President Barack Obama, making delusional remarks about the … Continue reading →

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COLLAPSE: One Quarter of Illinois Obamacampers Lose Doctors & Plans

Posted on December 1, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: If you liked you doctor or your plan, you don’t get to keep them.  We’d like to say something funny here folks, but this is just cruel.  Obamacare is cruel. It disrupts people’s  lives, their care, and it hurts.  … 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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Blue Cross Bails from WI ObamUnCare Slavery Exchange

Posted on November 4, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Can you keep your plan now, Wisconsin? (Why do we call it a “slavery exchange?”  Well, what would you call a “marketplace” that forces human beings to buy something they don’t want with money they worked hard to earn?  … Continue reading →

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