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Virginia House Republicans Can’t Answer Hard Questions About Medicaid Expansion

After successfully resisting Medicaid expansion for four years, Republicans in the Virginia House have done an about-face and now support it.  While the issue is pending, the Obamacare Truth Squad is sending one hard question a day about Medicaid expansion … Continue reading

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IPAB Really Most Sincerely Dead

Join us on Twitter: – #SinglePayer most Mondays – All the Bad News About Obamacare most Saturdays Budget Act: IPAB death panel morally, ethically, Spiritually, physically, Positively, absolutely, Undeniably and reliably DEAD!  CLASS Act waiting at the Pearly Gates. #StupidObamacare … Continue reading

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Medicaid Expansion Supporters Don’t Have the Moral High Ground

The emotional appeal for Medicaid expansion in Virginia from Kathryn Kadilak on February 5th in Fauquier Now is riddled with untruths and errors. Ms. Kadilak assumes that a Medicaid card guarantees access to actual care, but assuredly it does not.  … Continue reading

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False Claims in Virginia

Join us on Twitter: – #SinglePayer most Mondays – All the Bad News About Obamacare most Saturdays Virginia’s Governor Northam calls Medicaid expansion “economic justice”.  Yo, @GovernorVA ! How is robbing Peter to pay Paul justice?  How is sending the … Continue reading

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UPDATE – Trump’s Executive Order Signals He Doesn’t Want Single-Payer

President Trump didn’t waste any time getting started on structuring the post-Obamacare world.  He signed an executive order Friday night instructing federal agencies to minimize the economic and regulatory burden of the Affordable Care Act on states, individuals, insurance companies, … Continue reading

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The Immorality of Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion, Explained

Comment:  Always eager to elevate our readers, OCTS wants to take a moment to clear up some clouded moral reasoning that GruberThink(tm) has slipped into Obamacare’s lexicon. We choose an example from Oklahoma to illustrate: Jim McCarthy, CEO of the … Continue reading

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Obamacare’s Medicaid Population Already Costs 49% More Than Expected (and Rising)

“A government report finds that the cost of expanding Medicaid to millions more low-income people is increasing faster than expected, raising questions about a vital part of President Barack Obama’s health care law.” [...] “But the new cost estimates could … Continue reading

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Feds Squash Ohio’s Obamacaid Financing Game

Comment: States jumping onto Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion has nothing to do with efficient, compassionate health care for their citizens, and everything to do with cashing in on a financial shell-game that states believe is a “free” federal gravy train. Of … Continue reading

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MEDICAID EXPANSION Responsible For ONE TENTH of the National Deficit in 2014

OCTS original reporting, July 15, 2016 Our Friend, Mr. National Debt Pretty much anything with a pulse (including your neighbor’s cat) knows America’s national debt is the twenty-trillion pound elephant ready to crush the country’s future. Wondering just how that’s … Continue reading

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UPDATE The Real Obamacare Death Spiral

Tonight, I want to tell you about the real Obamacare death spiral, give you more reasons why hospitals are not our friends, and clear up some confusion about Medicaid payments to hospitals. I’ll finish with a brief announcement. The news … Continue reading

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