Tag Archives: Medicare

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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Seniors, Get Ready for Steep New Medicare Cuts

Posted on March 4, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Savings, Obamacare style. Obamacare’s only cost control is to reduce payments, which means seniors will get fewer services. In other words, this is the government-controlled rationing opponents warned you about. (hat tip to T.D., for this item) “The U.S. … Continue reading →

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‘You Can Keep Your Doctor’ – Not If You’re on Medicare Advantage


Posted on December 10, 2013 by OCTS8

Comment: This is part of what it means to chop $716 billion out of Medicare to fund the new entitlements in Obamacare. “UnitedHealth Group Inc., … the nation’s largest provider of privately managed Medicare Advantage plans, has dropped thousands of … Continue reading →

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Truth Squad Exposes Lies at Festival

Posted on August 13, 2013 by OCTS1

An Obamacare Truth Squad member, while working a festival booth in August 2013, was double-teamed by Obamacare supporters who denied that Medicare was cut in order to fund the new entitlements in Obamacare. Here are the incontrovertible facts: In broad … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Fails Our Seniors

Posted on June 15, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: Why seniors were so quiescent when Medicare was being gutted to fund Obamacare is a mystery to us. For real-life stories of what it means in human terms to chop hundreds of billions out of Medicare to subsidize Obamacare … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Medicare Surcharge Tax Will Tag More Middle-Income People Over Time

Posted on April 30, 2013 by OCTS7

This from Investor’s Business Daily: “… ObamaCare’s three biggest taxes — a Medicare surcharge, the so-called Cadillac tax and an insurance premium fee — will increasingly hit the middle class because of how the law indexes them for inflation and … Continue reading →

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Voluntary Sequester Choices Decimating Medicare Cancer Patients

Posted on April 17, 2013 by OCTS3

Comment: First, President Obama chopped $716 billion out of Medicare to fund Obamacare and supporters mindlessly cheered him on. Now he’s made his choices about which government spending cuts to make under the sequester and, come to find out, cancer … Continue reading →

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Alert!!! The Danger That is Called “IPAB”

Posted on November 15, 2012 by OCTS3

Comment:  No matter what you think of Obamacare, it is imperative that you understand the threat posed by “IPAB”. It is more than just a price-control mechanism. If left in place, it will spread tentacles of control beyond your healthcare, … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Serving the Poor More Likely to Suffer Readmission Penalties

Posted on October 30, 2012 by OCTS1

“As of Monday, [Oct 1, 2012] Medicare will start fining hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge due to complications.” “About two-thirds of the hospitals serving Medicare patients, or some 2,200 facilities, will be hit … Continue reading →

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Seniors To Be Turned Away from Hospitals

Posted on October 25, 2012 by OCTS1

Here’s a powerful report from the front lines of medicine that shows what it means to chop $716 billion out of Medicare, as well as the inhumane, nightmarish vision behind the President’s new healthcare law. Obamacare’s War on Seniors is … Continue reading →

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