September 22, 2016 – 7:29 am
It’s no longer a fine or tax or fee. It’s reaching out (Forbes) As many as 20 million Americans soon will be getting a letter from the Internal Revenue Service “suggesting†they sign up for ObamaCare insurance. Getting a letter from the IRS can be a threatening and nerve-racking experience; it seldom is seen as […]
September 16, 2016 – 6:58 am
As Obamacare continues to implode almost exactly as predicted even before it was passed in the dead of night using parliamentary shenanigans, Obama is pleading with insurance executives to not bail on the federal exchanges, which are causing them to lose money hand over fist (Politico) Deep into the final year of his presidency, Barack […]
August 31, 2016 – 3:48 pm
Well, damnitall, if only someone had gotten off their behinds and warned us that this could happen! (Science Daily) The average monthly emergency department visit increased by 5.7 percent in Illinois after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), although the population remained essentially flat. In Massachusetts, while visits to emergency departments climbed steadily […]
August 29, 2016 – 8:05 am
Question: if Obamacare was doing well, would so many liberals be calling for a public option? (CNS News) “How concerned are you that ObamaCare could implode?” Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” asked former Obama campaign manager and senior adviser David Plouffe on Sunday. Plouffe said while “almost all” of Obamacare is working, […]
August 27, 2016 – 7:19 am
While virtually everyone else is saying that the planned Obamacare premium hikes are a bad thing, Team Obama is spinning furiously (IBD) This week Illinois’ insurance regulator said ObamaCare premiums in the state will jump as high as 55%. The Obama administration’s response to this and other news of massive rate hikes: Don’t worry. Be […]
August 23, 2016 – 10:24 am
As the major structural issues of Obamacare continue to crop up, issues that were exposed even before the law was passed, issues that were said were features, not bugs, ones that would lead to a leftist call for single payer, and we were told “oh, come on, stop with the conspiracies!”, well, the calls for […]
August 21, 2016 – 8:02 am
Liberal activists and Obamacare supporters have been telling us for years that Ocare is not really meant to be a platform for single payer, and anyone who says that is engaged in a conspiracy theory. They aren’t really looking for that, you guys, all they want is to make sure citizens have affordable health insurance, […]
August 19, 2016 – 6:45 am
Excitable Paul Krugman has decided to chime on on Aetna mostly pulling out of the Obamacare exchanges, something many other health insurance providers have done, which is just a bump in the road, you know. So much so that we should institute government run insurance (NY Times) More than two and a half years have […]
August 17, 2016 – 7:45 am
Aetna has announced that it will significantly reduce its participation in the Obamacare exchanges due to losing quite a bit of money. Many other insurance providers have done the same or pulled out completely. According to the NY Times Editorial Board, the obvious idea here is to scrap it and start over with ideas that […]
August 16, 2016 – 7:17 pm
I thought this deserved a separate quick post. Liberals say that Republicans and delving into conspiracy theories that Ocare was set up for insurance companies to fail in order to push single payer. Let’s ask Bernie Sanders Threats like @Aetna's to pull out of health exchanges are exactly why we need to move toward a […]
