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 […]
August 16, 2016 – 10:38 am
Gee, who could have seen this coming? (The Hill)Â In a blow to the health care law, Aetna — one of the largest health insurers in the country — announced Monday that it will significantly scale back its presence on the ObamaCare marketplaces next year. The company said it will scale back from participating in 15 […]
May 12, 2016 – 8:46 am
Instead of dropping the mike on the way out, Obama plans to burn the place down. One of the things this story exposes is the idiocy of passing massive, bloated legislation which is still not particularly specific, and gives Executive Office agencies entirely too much latitude to create rules and regulations Obama Health Care Regulators […]
May 11, 2016 – 7:46 am
The Editorial Board of Investors Business Daily shows their gratitude to Bernie Sanders Health Reform: For decades the left has been pushing “single payer†health care without ever coming clean about how much it would cost. Now, thanks to Bernie Sanders, we have our answer. And the price tag is mind-boggling. Sanders’ plan would eliminate […]
April 25, 2016 – 7:01 am
What happens when you create a law that artificially attempts to control up front costs, which sees people who are mostly sicker and older enroll rather than the young and healthy? (The Hill) Health insurance companies are laying the groundwork for substantial increases in ObamaCare premiums, opening up a line of attack for Republicans in […]
April 20, 2016 – 8:07 am
As it stands, there are only a handful of established health insurance companies that participate in Obamacare to start with. The co-ops are flatlining, and the tiny players created by Ocare are likewise having issues. Other big companies have dropped out, are considering dropping out, or are looking to reduce their participation. (Fox News) The […]
March 3, 2016 – 8:09 am
Interestingly, the plan includes neither a mandate nor shoots for single payer (Fox News) After months of promising to repeal ObamaCare, but failing to spell out how — and what would replace it — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump finally revealed some specifics Wednesday night, including doing away with the individual mandate that requires everyone […]
February 12, 2016 – 3:29 pm
Well, color me shocked (Winston Salem Journal) North Carolina’s largest health insurer is considering dropping coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Blue Cross and Blue Shield expects to report its second consecutive financial loss as it deals with cost overruns. CEO Brad Wilson said Wednesday the company […]
