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Obamacare TYRANNY! – IRS to Fine Small Bus. $36,000 Per Employee!

Posted on August 19, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: If you’re a small employer and dare to try to help your employees with their health care–but without providing full-on over-priced Obamacare–under a rule the IRS arbitrarily made up (and which is nowhere in the law), the federal government … 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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Minnesota Obamacare Bailouts

Posted on July 10, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare calling, “Can you afford me now?  How about now?” (Folks, we over at the Obamacare Truth Squad take no joy laughing our heads off at these fools’ failures, or chortling “We told you so,” rolling down the stairs … Continue reading →

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Massive Obamacare Bailouts! (CoveredCA)

Posted on July 9, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: A $1.172 billion bailout for 1.365 million enrollees amounts to $859 per insured person on California’s exchange! CoveredCA policy premiums then are lies, at least $859 too low; understate the actual cost; and means that CoveredCA’s already-high average premium … Continue reading →

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Maryland RATE SHOCK – largest insurer wants +30%

Posted on July 6, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment:  now that’s affordable! “The state’s largest health insurer has asked Maryland regulators to let it increase premiums by as much as 30.4 percent on average for policies that take effect next year.” “CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield said the rate increases … Continue reading →

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OBAMACARE RATE SHOCK, NY Edition

Posted on June 5, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Hi, unAffordable Care Act calling, 2014. Can you afford me now?  2015 – Can you still afford me NOW?  2016 – Hold on a sec, here’s another hike.  How about NOW? “ALBANY – Health insurers in New York are … Continue reading →

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Study: Obamacare EXPLODES Administrative Costs

Posted on June 4, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Whoddathunkit?  Remember Obamacare lovers hating on those evil insurance company expenses adding cost to premiums?  Obamacare, as usual, has a solution fantastique–spend more! “Five years after the passage of ObamaCare, there is one expense that’s still causing sticker shock … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK – Again!

Posted on June 3, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare, the gift that keeps on taking. “Dozens of health insurers say higher-than-expected care costs and other expenses blindsided them this year, and they’re going to have to hike premiums for individual policies well-beyond 10 percent for 2016.” “The … Continue reading →

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RATE SHOCK: Main TN Insurer Seeks 36% Hike!

Posted on May 26, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: <sarc> Man, those Obamacare savings keep piling up, don’t they? </sarc> “BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has filed to increase its health insurance premiums for 2016 individual plans by 36 percent, on top of a 19 percent increase approved last year.” … Continue reading →

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