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  • Disabled Family Sees 300 Percent Increase In Health Insurance Costs Under Obamacare

    01/17/2014 6:38:19 AM PST · by MichCapCon · 23 replies
    Capitol Confidential ^ | 1/15/2014 | Anne Schieber
    BAY CITY — The Affordable Care Act was supposed to help families with pre-existing conditions, not hurt them. But that has not been the case for the Davert family. Their health insurance bill has gone up 300 percent and the family is looking at taking out loans and returning to work while on disability to pay the increased costs. The Davert's experience with Obamacare is not just frustrating, it could be dangerous given the medical issues and special needs of the family. "We have such a unique family and we've overcome many obstacles," said Ken Davert, who has cerebral palsy....
  • Coming Soon: Higher Obamacare Premiums

    01/15/2014 7:14:36 PM PST · by Kaslin · 13 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | January 15, 2014 | Guy Benson
    A follow-up to my Obamacare post from yesterday: The law's adverse selection problem doesn't just inflame the risk of a market death spiral. It also all but guarantees that next year's expected premium hikes will be worse than anticipated for millions. The New York Times' lede is telling: People signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s federal and state marketplaces tend to be older and potentially less healthy, officials said Monday, a demographic mix that could threaten the law’s economic underpinnings and cause premiums to rise in the future if the pattern persists. Questions about the law’s...
  • South Carolina Lawmakers take air at Health Care Law

    01/15/2014 9:36:56 AM PST · by Din Maker · 21 replies
    Reuters ^ | January 14, 2014 | Harriet McCleod
    CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina lawmakers say they have found a way to stop implementation of the U.S. Affordable Care Act in their state, an effort that could provide a template for other Republican-led legislatures looking to derail the federal program. The proposed measure would ban state agencies from helping carry out President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law and prevent federal money flowing through state coffers from being spent on it, said Republican state Senator Tom Davis. The legislation would give South Carolina oversight of insurance rates offered through its federal exchange and require healthcare navigators, which...
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield: If Republicans kill a bailout for insurers, it’ll lead to single-payer

    01/11/2014 4:37:41 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 66 replies
    Hotair ^ | 01/11/2014 | AllahPundit
    They’re nervous. “We are becoming increasingly concerned about momentum that is quickly building among some leading conservatives for elimination of the risk corridor and reinsurance programs,” [Blue Cross Blue Shield Association CEO Scott] Serota wrote…“Their efforts, along with growing support for repealing the risk corridor and reinsurance programs, could combine to create a perfect storm to, at a minimum, dissuade the Administration from modifying risk corridor program rules to provide increased funding in light of the recent ‘transitional policy’ allowing insurers to offer consumers the option to renew their 2013 health plans for 2014,” Serota wrote.In attached talking points, seemingly...
  • Poll: Undecided 2014 Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Obamacare

    01/09/2014 5:46:07 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 11 replies
    Townhall ^ | January 9, 2014 | Guy Benson
    Where have we seen an anti-Obamacare threshold of two-thirds before? Oh, right. In this case, undecided voters basically fall into two categories. They're either pure independents, or they're low information voters who nonetheless say they're likely to go to the polls in November. It looks like the GOP is enjoying a significant advantage among both groups heading into the midterms -- including with those under-informed voters who are so often ripe for Democrats' picking. The perception that Obamacare stinks has calcified in the public's imagination, and it's tough to reverse those sort of sentiments, especially amidst powerful headwinds. Check out...
  • It may be 'the law,' but Obamacare deserves no respect. (Pretty good take)

    01/08/2014 11:42:33 AM PST · by ReaganÜberAlles · 15 replies
    Wahsinton Examiner ^ | 01/08/2014 | NOEMIE EMERY
    "To fans and defenders of the Affordable Care Act, the bill is your normal, run-of-the-mill but wholly fantastic and wonderful game-changing measure, up there with Social Security, Medicare and the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts as national milestones -- bills that were launched amid opposition and discord, but in time were accepted and loved. But from the beginning, this has been different in three signal ways that have been self-destructive, the last of which may be the worst."
  • More Hidden Costs of ObamaCare Coming to Light (some subsidies will have to be paid back)

    01/02/2014 5:48:30 PM PST · by Libloather · 29 replies
    The New American ^ | 1/02/13 | Bob Adelmann
    **SNIP** In addition, there’s the hidden surprise waiting for those who are enjoying subsidies to help them pay for the insurance. If they have a “major life event” like getting married, or getting a raise or a promotion with a higher salary, not only could the subsidy disappear but any subsidy they enjoyed prior will have to be paid back. **SNIP** The clock is ticking as the November elections draw ever closer. Senate Democrats up for reelection who voted for the ACA are finding themselves facing unhappy constituents and newly energized challengers along with critical TV ads from conservative groups...
  • [O]bama administration cooked the books, used student loan profits to make Obamacare look good

    01/05/2014 1:53:16 PM PST · by T Ruth · 7 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | Jan. 5, 2014 | Ginni Thomas / Grae Stafford
    Cato education scholar Neal McCluskey revealed how a little-reported feature of the Affordable Care Act uses shady accounting to hide its overall cost. “The change in student loans was part of Obamacare — and why was it part of Obamacare?” McCluskey said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller. “So that the profit they were supposedly making from the student loans could then be plugged into how much money would come from Obamacare, so it didn’t look like it cost as much.” In the last days of Obamacare’s formulation, the projections had student loans folded into them to make...
  • It's all about Obamacare again in 2014: Farmer

    01/05/2014 8:25:36 AM PST · by Kenny · 22 replies
    The Star-Ledger ^ | January 05, 2014 | John Farmer
    The year ahead promises tough gut-check tests for the nation, including domestic and foreign policy challenges likely to determine the fate of the Obama presidency. No domestic issue will have a greater impact on the president — and on the electoral fortunes of both parties — than the success or failure of the Affordable Care Act — better known as Obamacare.Republicans are counting on it to flop spectacularly. It’s their big election bet. The health insurance plan, they believe, will prove a mortal mistake, undermining the Obama presidency and handing the GOP complete congressional power in this fall’s midterm elections.But...
  • Obamacare is toast

    01/04/2014 11:07:23 AM PST · by Starman417 · 34 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 01-04-14 | DrJohn
    Over at CNN Jonathan Gruber posts the question "when will get the verdict on Obamacare?" The rollout of the Affordable Care Act has been unquestionably rocky, but the rush to judgment was over the top. Critics had their knives out even though little data are available on initial program enrollment and success. It's much too early to declare the program either a failure or a success. Gruber argues that it's too soon to judge Obamacare: For example, when Massachusetts piloted the approach embodied in the ACA, we had very slow enrollment, with only 123 paying customers signing up the first...
  • No Accounting for Government Cost

    01/04/2014 7:30:42 AM PST · by Innovative · 16 replies
    Barron's ^ | Jan 4, 2014 | Joseph H. Marrent
    The financial position of the U.S. is not just troubled; it is artificially created to fool the people. The nation's budget deficit and debt are exponentially higher than what our politicians say they are. None of the headline figures used as the basis of public discourse have any relevance to the true state of U.S. finances. The government's financial reporting is misleading because our political leaders have subverted the democratic process to advance their personal interests. Adding all of the costs associated with the nation's social-insurance programs to the amounts reflected in the Financial Report shows that over the past...
  • Sebelius: 2013 Was a Banner Year for HHS, ObamaCare, Government

    01/02/2014 1:53:39 PM PST · by therightliveswithus · 25 replies
    Pundit Press ^ | 1/2/14 | Aurelius
    Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced in a new video that 2013 was a superb year for HHS, the Affordable Care Act, and big government's involvement in the heath care industry. In the video, entitled "The 2013 HHS Year in Review," Sebelius explained how great things are going. As melodic acoustic guitars played in the background, she stated: "Our efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act are protecting millions of Americans with new rights and benefits... And by opening up the health insurance marketplace, we've put affordable coverage within reach of millions more Americans. There's new choice...
  • We the people can nullify the unconstitutional ObamaCare ourselves!! Refuse to submit to tyranny!!

    01/02/2014 10:50:33 AM PST · by Jim Robinson · 275 replies
    We the people can nullify Obama’s unconstitutional communist POS by simply refusing to submit. If the majority of the people don’t sign up for it, it dies on the vine. In fact it wouldn’t take anywhere close to a majority. Twenty to thirty percent ought to do it. It's not going to work anyway. Socialism never works. We need to kill if it we want to save our constitutional republic! No surrender, no retreat!! Do not sign away your freedom!! Do not submit to the godless leftist wannabe dictators!! We are the resistance!!
  • The hidden costs of ObamaCare

    01/01/2014 7:24:24 PM PST · by Typical_Whitey · 16 replies
    The Week ^ | 1/1/14 | Jacqueline Leo
    ObamaCare has delivered another sucker punch to the middle class. This time it's sticker shock. Now that most people can get past the tech problems of HealthCare.gov and actually see the real cost of insurance plans available, they are finding that Affordable Care is a big hit to the family budget. And when the family budget gets hit in the solar plexus, guess what happens to consumer spending and the economy?
  • Supreme Court Halts Contraception Mandate For Religious Groups (WOW!)

    12/31/2013 7:39:23 PM PST · by Steelfish · 82 replies
    NBCNews ^ | December 31, 2013 | M. Alex Johnson and Winston Wilde
    Supreme Court Halts Contraception Mandate For Religious Groups By M. Alex Johnson and Winston Wilde, NBC News Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted a last-ditch plea from Catholic groups Tuesday night to block a birth control mandate in the new health care law for religious organizations, just hours before it was to have gone into effect. The archdioceses of Washington, D.C., and Nashville, Tenn., the Catholic Conference of Michigan and several affiliated groups requested the emergency stay of provisions of the Affordable Care Act that would require companies — regardless of religious beliefs — to provide contraceptives and other abortion-inducing...
  • Iowa to thousands: HealthCare.gov didn’t work, you’re uninsured, please try our site

    12/31/2013 12:35:28 PM PST · by Hojczyk · 7 replies
    HotAir ^ | 2:31 PM ON DECEMBER 31, 2013 | MARY KATHARINE HAM
    Nearly 16,000 Iowans who tried to apply for coverage via the trouble-plagued federal health-insurance website are being told to apply separately through the state Department of Human Services. The Friday afternoon announcement is the latest bout of bad news about the website, which is a key part of the Affordable Care Act. The announcement affects people who entered their information into healthcare.gov and received a notice that they might qualify for Medicaid. The federal computer system was supposed to transfer their applications to a state computer system, but that transfer has been complicated by technical problems. The timing is critical,...
  • The Obamacare Obama gets

    12/30/2013 11:15:18 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 9 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | December 30, 2013 | Marc A. Thiessen
    Who says government health care doesn’t work? There is a government health plan that is available to a small number of individuals. The risk pool consists of a few dozen people, all of whom work in one building in downtown Washington. If they need a check-up, the doctor comes up to their office for a house call. If they need a prescription, the medicine is delivered to their desks. If they need to see a specialist, they are taken by government transport to one of the best hospitals in the world. If they need surgery, a special suite is available....
  • THOUSANDS SCRAMBLE TO GET MEDICAL PROCEDURES BEFORE OBAMACARE BEGINS

    12/30/2013 1:49:36 PM PST · by Biggirl · 8 replies
    Breitbart ^ | December 30, 2013 | Frances Martel
    With Obamacare coverage beginning in earnest on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports that thousands of people for which Obamacare plans will block some health care access are rushing to get medical tests and procedures done before their pre-ACA coverage is eliminated. Those who were receiving medical care before being forced to sign up to a new plan on HealthCare.gov will, in many cases, be locked out of hospitals and prevented from seeing doctors who they had typically used. The WSJ contends that about 70% of new plans are more restrictive in the range of doctors and hospitals available to...
  • Obama administration announces net loss of at least 3 million insurance plans

    12/30/2013 6:42:14 AM PST · by Zakeet · 28 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | December 29, 2013 | Neil Munro
    The White House used a Sunday morning statement to admit that only 1.1 million people have used the federal Obamacare website to sign up for the president’s healthcare network by Christmas Day. [Snip] The total reported signups are at least 3 million fewer than the 5 million people whose health-insurance policies were cancelled prior to Christmas by President Barack Obama’s ambitious tax-and-healthcare scheme. [Snip] The short statement didn’t provide critical details about the claimed sign-ups. The plan claimed 1.1 million people have “enrolled,” but did not say what the “enrolled” term means. A person is not insured until he or...
  • Missouri bill would gut Obamacare

    12/27/2013 5:26:35 PM PST · by Jim Robinson · 24 replies
    Washington Times ^ | 12/27/2013 | by Michael Boldin
    Next month, the Missouri Senate will consider a bill which would effectively cripple the implementation of the Affordable Care Act within the state. Following the lead of South Carolina, where lawmakers are fast-tracking House Bill 3101 in 2014, and Georgia, where HB707 was recently introduced by Rep. Jason Spencer, Missouri State Senator John T. Lamping (R-24) pre-filed Senate Bill 546 (SB546) to update the Health Care Freedom Act passed by Missouri voters in 2010. It passed that year with more than 70% support. SB546 would ban Missouri from taking any action that would “compel, directly or indirectly, any person, employer,...