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Obamacare FACT: Employers Are Cutting Employees’ Hours

Posted on March 27, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Told ya. “A new survey by the Society of Human Resource Management released Tuesday found about 14 percent of businesses have reduced part-time hours and another 6 percent plan to do so. Employers are reducing hours to avoid Obamacare’s … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Penalizes Mostly Poor People

Posted on March 19, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Great job Obamacare! Way to sock-it-to the poor! “Those penalized are mainly the kind of people the law was intended to help: low- and middle-income workers who do not have coverage on the job or are self-employed. Roughly 4 … Continue reading →

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The Obamacare Follies 2.0, Tax Season Edition – It’s Not Working

Posted on March 16, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Conservative columnist and self-employed Michelle Malkin describes her personal life experience with the President’s unAffordable Care Act. From losing her plan, to being forced into ObamaCarp without her consent, to trying to file taxes, and receiving a bogus 1095-A … Continue reading →

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Washington State Extends OMandateCare Deadline

Posted on February 24, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: In this absurd brave new Obamacare world, where inferior, over-priced  insurance is mandatory and enforced with threats–taxes, stern warnings and a deadline–legions of eligible free-thinking Americans literally aren’t buying it. This brings about a comical circumstance–our would-be health masters  … Continue reading →

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Predatory Hospitals Forcing Other Hospitals Out of Business

Posted on February 21, 2015 by OCTS1

Comment: We received the following account from a reader. It should give pause to those predisposed to giving hospitals whatever they want, including more bucket loads of taxpayer money. Hospitals are not entirely benign – nor are they above human … Continue reading →

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Savings, Obamacare Style

Posted on February 3, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Innovation?  Hahahahaha ho ho ho hee hee hee! (Sorry, did we write that out loud?) Is this clown show a health program, or a comedy act? “The CPC initiative cut costs by $168 per participating Medicare beneficiary, thanks largely to … Continue reading →

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2nd Largest OGruberCare Co-Op Co-Flops

Posted on January 21, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: The de-evolution of American health care will not be televised. “It was a heck of a Christmas for David Fairchild and his wife, Clara Peterson. They found out they were about to lose their new health insurance.” [...] “But … Continue reading →

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Employees Go ‘OOO’ — Opting Out of Obamacare

Posted on January 21, 2015 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare, perversely, has now become a cruel tax on the very people it supposedly helped. “Of my company’s 5,453 eligible employees, only 420 actually enrolled. The other 5,033 opted to pay a penalty.” Shunning ObamaCare by Andy Puzder, CEO CKE … Continue reading →

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The Citizen’s Guide to Obamacare, Gruber edition

Posted on December 3, 2014 by OCTS4

One of Obamacare’s Chief Masterminds Describes the Plan, His Presentation Captured and Rendered Onto Paper for Public Discussion OCTS original reporting Dec. 2, 2014 In a series of presentations circa 2012, Professor Jonathan Gruber traveled America promoting his creation, Obamacare, … Continue reading →

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Obamacare: Insurance Drains Your Funds, Doesn’t Mean You Get Seen

Posted on December 3, 2014 by OCTS4

Comment: Obamacare’s taking people’s money, but despite (or because of) all the premiums they pay, they can’t afford to be seen. As critics of the Obamacare legislation pointed out early on, health insurance is NOT healthcare. “For Martha Gruberman, a … Continue reading →

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