Tag Archives: Medicaid

Medicaid Expansion – Pouring Infinite Resources into a Bottomless Pit

Posted on February 12, 2016 by OCTS1

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Vermont Gov: Tax Doctors to Cover Medicaid Expansion Deficit

Posted on January 26, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Ask not for whom the Medicaid Expansion bell tolls; it tolls for thee. “MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin is looking to address a deficit in the state’s Medicaid program by expanding a tax on health care providers in 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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Obamacaid Support Defeats TN Politician

Posted on August 18, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Support for Obamacare’s ginormous Medicaid expansion was enough to decisively end this politician’s dream for bigger, lamer, more expensive government and worse healthcare that none of us can afford. “(WBIR – KNOXVILLE) – Republican Jason Zachary defeated fellow Republican … Continue reading →

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Obamacaid Is Displacing Private Insurance

Posted on June 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: People who had their own insurance are dropping it and going on welfare.  More dependency. Less choice.  Higher cost.  This isn’t healthy. “The proportion of commercially insured patients, either through Obamacare’s exchanges or through workplace coverage, actually fell in … Continue reading →

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Obamacaid Expansion Breaking State Budgets

Posted on June 8, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Isn’t it amazing? Despite billions in borrowed federal money added to the national debt pouring into states, they’re worse off than before!  Now that’s Obamacare you can believe in! “[...]Kentucky hospitals received $506 million more in Medicaid reimbursement since … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Exchange Pearl-Dives; ‘Health Connector’ Disconnects

Posted on May 12, 2015 by OCTS4

(For you non-hipsters, “pearl-diving” is the rookie mistake of catching your surfboard’s nose in the water while catching a wave, sending its rider flying, then plunging toward the bottom instead of toward the beach. It’s the surfing equivalent of being … 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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Single-Payer Worship Causes 9,000 Needless Deaths a Year in U.K.

Posted on April 14, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: With 64 million people, the United Kingdom has 1/5th the population of the United States (318 million). 9,000 deaths in their population corresponds to five times as many–45,000 excess annual deaths–in a population as large as the U.S.A.’s. Question: … Continue reading →

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Proof: Obamacare is Actually ObamaCAID

Posted on March 31, 2015 by OCTS4

Universal Medicaid: Nearly Every Net New Insured is on Medicaid.  Millions Lose Employer Insurance. Comment: Our new self-appointed health care liars overseers have pronounced 14.1 million people covered by Obamacare.  On closer inspection, what they really meant, it seems, is … Continue reading →

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