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UPDATED Obamacare Endgame: 20 Hospital Systems Leading to Single-Payer

Posted on March 25, 2016 by OCTS1

by Tom Barilovits The Obamacare endgame is to consolidate hospitals locally, then regionally and nationally into 20 massive systems across the U.S., each with around 250 hospitals and thousands of clinics. Why? Because it’s easier to nationalize twenty hospitals into … Continue reading →

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State Opposition to Obamacare Growing

Posted on October 15, 2013 by OCTS3

[…] “…Oklahoma…is currently suing the federal government, claiming that awarding premium subsidies is unconstitutional in states with federally run exchanges…” […] “…South Carolina proposed to refund residents who pay a penalty for not having insurance next year, effectively canceling out … Continue reading →

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Obamacare: Tennesseans lose insurance assistance plans, costs shifted to federal taxpayers

Posted on October 10, 2013 by OCTS3

Some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable have been notified they’ll be losing their plans.  Some plans have been outlawed, but in other cases the state of Tennessee is shifting the cost of participants onto the federal taxpayers, per Obamacare’s design. “Overview … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Potential to Bankrupt County Governments

Posted on May 23, 2013 by OCTS7

COMMENT:  Note that these are just public administrative costs and do not include the actual cost of care for the additional 100,000+ cases.  Adding up costs to all counties equals a statewide financial disaster. Other government services will suffer as … Continue reading →

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Medicaid Expansion: States Can’t Reverse Course

Posted on March 29, 2013 by OCTS3

[…] “One of their main claims, advanced by Ohio’s John Kasich and others, is that states can change their minds later. Expand Medicaid today and pocket the 100% funding Washington is dangling in front of them for a time, but … Continue reading →

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Governors Wising Up to Federal Power Grab

Posted on December 7, 2012 by OCTS3

1) “[Arizona] Governor Jan Brewer notified the Obama administration that the State of Arizona will not pursue the creation of a state-based Health Exchange.” “I have come to the conclusion that the State of Arizona would wield little actual authority … Continue reading →

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“See You At the State Line”

Posted on November 30, 2012 by OCTS3

The day the House rammed Obamacare down our throats without a single Republican vote, dissenting lawmakers unfurled a sign from a balcony at the U.S. Capitol building which read, “See You at the State Line”.  Sixteen states have mounted stiff … Continue reading →

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States Can Still Kill Obamacare

Posted on November 15, 2012 by OCTS3

PART 1 “President Obama has won reelection, and his administration has asked state officials to decide by Friday, November 16, whether their state will create one of Obamacare’s health-insurance “exchanges.” States also have to decide whether to implement the law’s … Continue reading →

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