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How Obamacare Just Made Your Taxes Harder

Posted on April 12, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: How can you tell when something’s better and more affordable?  When they have to force you to buy it! “In 2015, for example, annual premiums for “low-cost” bronze plans obtained through the law’s exchanges averaged $2,484 for individuals and … Continue reading →

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Highmark Health Loses $565 Million in 2015

Posted on April 7, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Highmark Health is spending $1.20 for every dollar they receive in Obamacare premiums.  Isn’t this where we’re supposed to say “Oh goodie, that wonderful, wonderful Obamacare is squeezing those awful insurance companies to death”? Sorry, here at OCTS we … Continue reading →

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Chelsea Clinton: “The Crushing Costs of the Affordable Care Act”

Posted on March 31, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Oh dear Reader, sometimes life is so good to us at the OCTS that we wonder what we’ve done to deserve it. Here’s Chelsea Clinton caught explaining how her mom will try to deal with “the crushing costs” of … Continue reading →

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Hospitals Are the Obamacare Winners

Posted on March 9, 2016 by OCTS4

Comments: Obamacare logic(tm). Q: Name a great way to make healthcare cost less? A: Throw boatloads of money at people who were already charging too much !  Query: why should hospitals get a tax exemption and subsidies, too? “PORTLAND, Ore. … Continue reading →

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Take Back Our Healthcare!

Posted on February 23, 2016 by OCTS1

This is a true story of how Obamacare torpedoes the dignity and self-sufficiency of ordinary Americans. It robs people of their freedom and their individual sovereignty, pillars of the American Idea. We are not state property – TAKE BACK OUR … Continue reading →

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Unaffordability, Worse Than Ever?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Low-quality Obamacare coverage, though mandatory, has not made medical care more accessible, only added to its cost. “According to a study conducted by Gallup late last year, 31% of Americans report that they’re putting off healthcare because of its high … Continue reading →

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2015: The Year These Big Obamcare Lies Came Home to Roost

Posted on January 13, 2016 by OCTS4

Lie #1. KEEP YOUR PLAN: Remember how you’d be able to keep your plans? That was before Obamacare made them untenable… “Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona has changed all of the plans it offers through Healthcare.gov from preferred provider … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK – Hikes Average 7.5-13% for 2016!

Posted on November 18, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Had you heard our new Obamacare masters boasting their 2015′s average Unaffordable Act hike was 7%?  Seen that  shocker splashed across the New York Times?  We thought not.  That’s why we’re here, speaking truth to power.  2016′s increases are … Continue reading →

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Obamacare, the Rate-Shocking Choice Mutilator

Posted on November 17, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The horrors of WWII left traumatized soldiers shell-shocked.  Under Obamacare, zombie-like individual-plan buyers have been wandering the countryside in a stupor, rate-shocked. Now that Obamacare’s swept-under-the-rug and delayed pain is finally arriving for small companies, they are starting to … Continue reading →

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173,000 Obam-No-Care’d in Illinois

Posted on November 4, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Can you still keep your plan this year, Illinois?  How about your doctor?  How’s that socialism working out for you? “Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state’s dominant player, is taking drastic actions to reduce costs. It’s … Continue reading →

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