Tag Archives: Medicaid expansion

49,000 Losing Plans in Illinois

Posted on July 15, 2016 by OCTS4

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 Truth Squad Activism Projects

Posted on April 19, 2016 by OCTS1

Obamacare Update from the Obamacare Truth Squad April 17, 2016 Tonight, I’ll bring you up to date on the Truth Squad’s activism projects, fill you in on some top Obamacare news, and finish up with a new way doctors are … Continue reading →

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Medicaid Expansion – Pouring Infinite Resources into a Bottomless Pit

Posted on February 12, 2016 by OCTS1

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unACA Expansion Flood Drowns Medicaid System

Posted on December 17, 2015 by OCTS4

“We have free health insurance, but that doesn’t mean we have healthcare.” Comment: The unAffordable Act’s expanded Medicaid (coming to a state near you), eagerly herds legions into the government’s Under-the-Poverty-Line Welfare Trap(tm), which is also expanding due to the … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – ‘Medicaid for All’? LOL!

Posted on December 6, 2015 by OCTS1

Bend cost curve down – ha! Medicaid up 18%, overhead up 11%, overall up 5.3% http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/120315-783666-spending-and-overhead-costs-explode-under-obamacare.htm #CoOp flops, past proposals to cut Medicaid reimbursement rate show money from Washington is not reliable http://trib.com/opinion/columns/medicaid-expansion-is-the-opposite-of-fiscal-prudence/article_25764da3-aa71-5876-86f0-e7e954c8171d.html Senate maneuvering to gut Medicaid expansion shows … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Medicaid Expansion Costs Exploding in 14 States

Posted on July 26, 2015 by OCTS1

The big story this week was a report by the Associated Press showing that enrollments and costs blew past projections in half the states that expanded Medicaid. There was a flurry of follow-on local media reports showing how this would … Continue reading →

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Top Tweets – Medicaid a Fiscal Disaster

Posted on April 25, 2015 by OCTS1

EACH ONE A HAMMER BLOW FOR LIBERTY Follow us on Twitter The Senate spit on the American people this week, the Obama administration widened its bullying of the states, and several stories appeared reminding us that Medicaid expansion is a … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Spiked MA Medicaid Costs $1 Billion

Posted on January 27, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Gruber and the President both repeatedly told America that Obamacare was a ‘Republican’ idea, the same as Romneycare.  Really?  They might want to tell Massachusetts. Massachusetts already had nearly universal insurance coverage under Romneycare, with a healthcare exchange.  Switching … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Enrolls Another U.S. Senator in Medicaid

Posted on October 10, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: [yellow traffic sign] WARNING, HARD HAT AREA. GOVERNMENT MASTERMINDS at WORK. “As a U.S. senator, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., makes $174,000 a year. So imagine his surprise a few months ago, when he learned the Cover Oregon health insurance exchange … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Will Lose, Not Gain, Under Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Posted on September 14, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: Here’s a hard question Medicaid expansion supporters can’t answer: Isn’t it true that hospitals lose money on every Medicaid patient that comes in the door?  Why, then, do hospitals think it makes sense to expand the program?  Do they really expect to … Continue reading →

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