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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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Insurers Not Pushing Money-Losing Policies, Grubers Stunned

Posted on April 4, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: The Jonathan Gruber-types who designed your  mandatory, unaffordable, and inferior new health care are upset.  Healthcare Grubers are shocked to discover that companies don’t relish selling money-losing Obamacare policies, foiling perfect Gruber-plans the Gruberworld over. Whoddathunkit? “Insurers increasingly are … Continue reading →

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Obamacare’s Small Business FAIL

Posted on March 29, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: “It’s as if the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits for small business were designed to fail.”  We couldn’t have said it better. “It’s as if the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits for small businesses were designed to fail: Six … Continue reading →

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Hillary Clinton: Obamacare Is Encouraging Employers to Shift to Part-Time Workers

Posted on March 28, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Yes, Obamacare discourages employers from hiring full-time workers.  Now they’re saying it.  Refreshingly honest, but about seven years late. “ Well, that’s why [employers] are going to part-time. That, and also, the Affordable Care Act. You know, we got to … Continue reading →

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Employers Dropping Coverage in Wyoming

Posted on March 22, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: Remember being told employers wouldn’t drop coverage?  That it was only a ‘scare’ tactic?  Well here it is, folks. Nice job, Obamacare. “Navigators who help people obtain coverage said they’re meeting with more Wyomingites who have been laid off … Continue reading →

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Schadenfreude Special: Obamacare Grubers Discovering That Unicorns Aren’t Free

Posted on March 21, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: After years of operation Obamacare experts have suddenly discovered that Obamacare does the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do.  But don’t worry, they have a solution: more. “For years, leading health experts have said the way … Continue reading →

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Obamacare “Way Costlier”

Posted on March 18, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: It’s rough sledding for Obamacare’s crony bedfellows so far.  Oscar, the oft-cited Obamacare “success”, lost $105 million on $127 million in premiums in 2015.  (That means Oscar has to nearly double premiums or cut costs in half to break … Continue reading →

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Report: ACA Hikes Cost and Reduces Competition

Posted on March 17, 2016 by OCTS4

FLASHBACK: “So just by pooling and creating competition so that insurers have to go after people’s business the way they go after a group plan, we have drastically reduced premiums and costs.” –President Barack Obama, making delusional remarks about the … 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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Obamacare Stunting Economic Recovery

Posted on March 8, 2016 by OCTS4

Comment: As it sucks money from the economy with its giant sucking sound, Obamacare is contributing mightily to making this the worst recovery from an economic recession in living memory. Which would you rather have, jobs, or ‘free’ Obamacare health … Continue reading →

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