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Obamacare Makes Cost-Shifting Fun!

Comment: Obamacare(tm) supporters insisted Obamacare’s(tm) magic was needed to end “cost-shifting” (that’s when uninsured people get care, and the public gets stuck with their bill).  But, their health-control-plus-horrible-website law makes it easier than ever to shift your costs onto Obamacare(tm) … Continue reading

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Incentives: Larger Employers Save $3 Trillion by Dumping You Onto Obamacare Exchanges

Comment: The widely-quoted “If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan” seems to have left another sentiment unsaid: “But good luck trying as we make it impossible for insurance companies to offer your old plan, and … Continue reading

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Obamacare: Hurting Retirement Plans

Comment: It’s an economic maxim that the total cost of employing a worker is what matters to an employer, and it makes the employer no never mind how much is wages, taxes, or benefits.  Costs are costs.  So, if you … Continue reading

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Obamacare Signups: Eighty Percent Moochers

Comment: Obamacare divides America into moochers and losers. Subsidies are for moochers. If you’re not getting one you’re a loser, paying for those who aren’t. Question: if it’s “affordable,” why do eighty percent need subsidies? “Monday is the deadline to … Continue reading

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Employers: Penalty 18x Higher for Offering ‘Unapproved’ Than No Insurance

Comment: They WANT your employer to drop you. “If your employer offers you insurance that doesn’t provide free ella, or anything else on the list of “preventive services”—as defined by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and ultimately by … Continue reading

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Obamacare: Work Less, or Suffer the Consequences

Comment: complementing the recent CBO report that the American economy will lose 2.5 million worker-equivalents due to Obamcare, here’s another Obamacare reason to work less and not bother trying to get ahead… “The Obamacare subsidy cliff is so steep that … Continue reading

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The Coming Failure of the Obamacare Subsidies

[…] “…the notion that the subsidies will never stop, or that they are figuratively heroin-like in nature, is false.” “…For the healthy, the subsidies are… a month-by-month financial pain inflicting mandate forcing millions of Americans to buy a product they … Continue reading

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Obamacare? No thanks, I’ll pay the penalty

“For some folks, health insurance just isn’t a good deal. Take Jessica Birge, 29, who is studying nursing [...]” “”I don’t really want to pay a penalty, but it’s more economical for me to pay $300 a year [in fines] … Continue reading

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Hospitals Will Lose, Not Gain, Under Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

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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Blog Wars: Obamacare Supporters Deliberately Spreading Misinformation

Let’s be very clear: The Supreme Court ruled in the Obamacare case that the government CANNOT force you to buy a product. It can only force you to pay a tax, but we knew that already. So the following exchange … Continue reading

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