Tag Archives: Exchanges

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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Obamacare “Grubers” Co-Op (and 80,000 Coloradans)

Posted on November 3, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Another government comedy of errors.  The Administration doesn’t want you to know Obamacare’s real price, so they’ve aggressively pressed insurers to keep prices low, even sell at a loss.  Meanwhile, losing insurers were promised a share in booty from … Continue reading →

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IL–The Death Spiral Begins

Posted on October 16, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: When costs rise unsustainably (thanks Obamacare!), the first things to go are benefits, to the bone. Then come the rate increases.  And kiss PPOs goodbye. “The state’s largest health insurer is eliminating its most popular individual plan, called Blue … Continue reading →

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ACA Apparatchik: Good News! Obamnocare’s Limited Choice and Higher Cost-Sharing Are Intentional

Posted on October 8, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Another Obamacare bait-and-switch—your wallet-busting rate-shock premiums would be even higher except they buried some of the cost into higher deductibles, coinsurance, and co-pays.  It’s a classic Obamacare bait-and-switch (which would be illegal if it were a defective used car, … Continue reading →

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Michael Cannon and Jonathan Adler Were Right

Posted on August 17, 2015 by OCTS4

Proof That SCOTUS Got Subsidies Case Wrong Comment: The Cato institute’s Michael Cannon and Case Western University’s Prof. Jonathan Adler made waves when they pointed out that Obamacare’s language did not permit payment of its premium welfare subsidies (“tax credits”) … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK Season III – 34.6% Hikes in North Carolina

Posted on August 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: As insurers’ Obamacare bailouts end–and as they are finally able to tally their actual, real-life cost of providing bloated Obamacare policies–the cruel Orwellian irony of calling 2010′s Act of bloated government medicine “the Affordable Care Act” becomes inescapable. As … Continue reading →

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Another Way Obamacare Discourages Work

Posted on July 22, 2015 by OCTS1

A woman in Tennessee reports to us she won’t work over 29 hours because then her employer would have to offer her its health plan which she does not like. If she refuses her employer’s plan, she would lose her … Continue reading →

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Minnesota Obamacare Bailouts

Posted on July 10, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare calling, “Can you afford me now?  How about now?” (Folks, we over at the Obamacare Truth Squad take no joy laughing our heads off at these fools’ failures, or chortling “We told you so,” rolling down the stairs … Continue reading →

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Massive Obamacare Bailouts! (CoveredCA)

Posted on July 9, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: A $1.172 billion bailout for 1.365 million enrollees amounts to $859 per insured person on California’s exchange! CoveredCA policy premiums then are lies, at least $859 too low; understate the actual cost; and means that CoveredCA’s already-high average premium … Continue reading →

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Government Fails to Show Subsidies Included in Original Healthcare.gov Design

Posted on June 17, 2015 by OCTS1

In a Freedom of Information Act case currently in court, CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has thus far failed to produce any records showing that the calculation and display of subsidies were any part of the original Obamacare … Continue reading →

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