Tag Archives: Exchanges

Is W.D.C.’s Obamacare Exchange an Aggressive Panhandler?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by OCTS4

Ask not what Obamacare can do for you – ask what you can do for Obamacare. Comment: Aggressive panhandling is when a beggar rudely insists that you give them some money long after you’ve already politely told them “no.” Not … Continue reading →

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Incentives: Larger Employers Save $3 Trillion by Dumping You Onto Obamacare Exchanges

Posted on May 7, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: The widely-quoted “If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan” seems to have left another sentiment unsaid: “But good luck trying as we make it impossible for insurance companies to offer your old plan, and … Continue reading →

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Massachusetts Scraps Train-Wrecked Exchange

Posted on May 6, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: NEWSFLASH!  For those who said Obamacare is Romneycare?  Tell that to Massachusetts, which had one, yet failed utterly to master the other. “Massachusetts plans to scrap the state’s dysfunctional online health insurance website, after deciding it would be too expensive … Continue reading →

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HHS Aggressively Eliminating Choices They Don’t Want You to Have

Posted on March 26, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: When it comes to health care choices, the Obama Department of Health and Human Services doesn’t want you to have any (other than theirs)–they’re using regulation to stamp out anything Americans had, or might possibly prefer. (So much for … Continue reading →

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If You Like Your Cancer Care Center, You Can’t Keep It

Posted on March 25, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: “Welcome to Obamacare.  Thank you for waiting, the doctor won’t see you now…” “WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of America’s best cancer hospitals are off-limits to many of the people now signing up for coverage under the nation’s new health … Continue reading →

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Vegas Man Trapped in $407,000 Obamacare Nightmare

Posted on March 25, 2014 by OCTS4

“Basich, 62, bought a plan through the state’s Nevada Health Link insurance exchange in the fall. He’s been paying monthly premiums since November.” “Yet the Las Vegan is stranded in a no-man’s-land where no carrier claims him, and his tab … Continue reading →

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Let the (Bailout) Olympics Begin

Posted on February 11, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: more evidence that the already-higher rates offered on the Obamacare exchanges are still just “teaser” rates, with large hikes yet to come. “Humana announced that it expects to tap the three risk adjustment mechanisms in ObamaCare for between $250 … Continue reading →

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Shocked by Obamacare Rate Hikes? These Are (Still) Just the Teaser Rates

Posted on February 8, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Wellpoint’s filing suggests it expects to lose 13% (and receive an offsetting 10.8% tax-payer bailout) on its Obamacare exchange policies (rough figures).  This implies Wellpoint would have to hike rates an additional 16% to achieve a 3% profit on … Continue reading →

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Off-Exchange Insurance Abolished in District of Columbia

Posted on January 28, 2014 by OCTS4

“On Oct. 3, the D.C. Health Exchange Authority’s executive board unanimously approved a plan that would abolish the marketplace as we know it for firms with 50 employees or fewer and force them to obtain health insurance for their workers … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Medicaid – Senator’s Son Automatically Enrolled

Posted on January 14, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Per the ACA’s section 1311, many people who go to the exchanges expecting to buy insurance will unexpectedly find themselves automatically enrolled in Medicaid. “I actually tried to get my son signed up through the Kentucky exchange, you know, … Continue reading →

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