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DEATH SPIRAL! — Another Insurance Giant Quits Obamacare’s Faltering “Exchanges”

 Comment: Told ya. “Aetna Inc. [...] announced it will withdraw expansion plans for Affordable Care Act exchanges in response to steep financial losses and is considering future participation in its current 15-state footprint.” The Administration’s response?  “Quick, have someone from … Continue reading

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UPDATE – Obamacare Has Lowered Premiums, Really

There’s a bit of sophistry going around the echo chamber that Obamacare has lowered insurance premiums.  Tonight, I will address that, and tell you about some other stories that caught my eye this week. After dozens of stories about double-digit … Continue reading

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UPDATE – Stupid Prog Tricks (cost-sharing subsidy malarkey)

Tonight, we’ll start with some astoundingly stupid things Obamacare supporters said this week. We’ll finish up with a suggestion for the Trump campaign. I call them ‘stupid prog tricks’.  Maybe we should do a poll tonight to see which statement … Continue reading

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49,000 Losing Plans in Illinois

Comment: “If you like your plan, you can keep it.” “Illinois moved Tuesday to take control of Land of Lincoln Health to begin an orderly shutdown of the insurance company, meaning about 49,000 people will lose their health coverage in … Continue reading

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UPDATE Obamacare 5 Years On: #PremiumPain and Insurers Leaving

On last week’s webinar, people asked for more ammunition to fight Obamacare on the basis that premiums are sky-rocketing and insurers are leaving the exchanges.  Tonight, I give you that ammunition, but I want to start by drawing your attention … Continue reading

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RATE SHOCK 2017: Oklahoma Insurer Files to Raise Rates 49%!

Comment: The unAffordable Act (aka “Obamacare”) makes health insurance cost MORE.   Obamacare adds bureaucrats, middlemen, government, taxes, freeloaders, and fees to your health insurance premiums.  All of that costs MORE.  Not less, MORE.   (As we have been humbly reporting … Continue reading

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Obamacare’s ‘Controlling Costs’ Means Hiking WA’s 2017 Rates by 13.5%

Comment: This classic video compiles some of the times Obamacare promised you its extra middlemen, bureaucrats, and taxes would save you $2,500 a year. And we can all see it’s working great, because ObamacareLogic(tm) says, “Nothing says ‘savings’ quite like … Continue reading

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White House Renews Obamacare ‘Big Lie’

Comment: Obamacare fantasyland: “The health insurance market is a lot better for private citizens now than it was before the Affordable Care Act. That’s just a fact.” —White House spokesman Josh Earnest, 5/16/2016 Meanwhile, back in unAffordable Care Act reality… … Continue reading

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UPDATE – The Correct Bathroom for the New Soviet Man

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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Nation’s Largest Insurer QUITS Obamacare Exchanges!!!!

Comment:  We told y’all. Despite premiums hitting 53% higher than before Obamacare, America has still not seen the real cost of Obamacare.  Why?  Because as proved by insurers’ losses, policies are still being sold far below cost, exactly as OCTS has … Continue reading

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