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Obamadeath for New Mexicans’ Doctor & Plan Choices

Posted on October 20, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: As New Mexicans flock to favorite choices, Obamacare kills ‘em.  Sorry ma’am, it’s cattle-car care for everyone! Oh, and if you believed the malarkey about being ‘covered’ if you have a preexisting condition, JOKE’S ON YOU. “Starting in January … Continue reading →

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IL–The Death Spiral Begins

Posted on October 16, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: When costs rise unsustainably (thanks Obamacare!), the first things to go are benefits, to the bone. Then come the rate increases.  And kiss PPOs goodbye. “The state’s largest health insurer is eliminating its most popular individual plan, called Blue … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Closes Three Tennessee Schools

Posted on October 15, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: This is why we here at OCTS call it the “UnAffordable Care Act,” (when we’re feeling charitable). “Clay County’s inability to generate the revenue to offset the mandates is what’s caused this to come to a head,” Strong said … Continue reading →

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ACA Apparatchik: Good News! Obamnocare’s Limited Choice and Higher Cost-Sharing Are Intentional

Posted on October 8, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Another Obamacare bait-and-switch—your wallet-busting rate-shock premiums would be even higher except they buried some of the cost into higher deductibles, coinsurance, and co-pays.  It’s a classic Obamacare bait-and-switch (which would be illegal if it were a defective used car, … Continue reading →

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Judge: Suit on Obamacare’s Lawless, Dishonest Premium Scam may Proceed

Posted on September 21, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The President, as OCTS has repeatedly reported, is dishonestly and illegally using federal monies to illegally disguise the actual cost of his disastrous program. “The Constitution, [U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M.] Collyer wrote, “could not be more clear: … Continue reading →

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The Obamacare Resistance Movement Is Alive (and Growing)

Posted on September 20, 2015 by OCTS4

Most Americans Are Opting Out of Obamacare’s Over-Priced Steaming Pile of Mandatory Compliances OCTS Commentary Lo, and Nov. 1, 2015, opening the third season of openly mandatory health-enslavement did loom, and the People’s new Masters saw it was good. But … Continue reading →

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Obamacare is a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Exhibit 28

Posted on September 18, 2015 by OCTS4

“When insurers requested huge rate hikes for their 2016 ObamaCare plans, we were told not to worry because state regulators would force them down. But that’s not happening. Death spiral, anyone?” “In Alaska, the state regulator approved a 39.6% rate … Continue reading →

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The Administration is Lying About Premium Increases

Posted on September 15, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The Administration is publicly boasting about Obamacare’s supposedly low premium hikes. Meanwhile, they’re paying insurers under the table to keep rate increases lower than they otherwise would be. OCTS has previously published documentation showing that Obamacare has raised individual … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK Season III – 34.6% Hikes in North Carolina

Posted on August 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: As insurers’ Obamacare bailouts end–and as they are finally able to tally their actual, real-life cost of providing bloated Obamacare policies–the cruel Orwellian irony of calling 2010′s Act of bloated government medicine “the Affordable Care Act” becomes inescapable. As … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK Season III – Delaware’s Largest Insurer Hikes 25.4 Percent!

Posted on August 11, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Can you afford me now? “In Delaware, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield has filed for an average rate increase of 25.4 percent for 2016 ACA individual plans. The specific rate increase would vary by plan, ranging from 19.6 percent … Continue reading →

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