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$474M for 4 failed Obamacare exchanges
Politico ^
| May 11, 2014
| By JENNIFER HABERKORN and KYLE CHENEY
Posted on 05/11/2014 5:43:40 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Nearly half a billion dollars in federal money has been spent developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are now in shambles and the final price tag for salvaging them may go sharply higher.
Each of the states Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada and Maryland embraced Obamacare, and each underperformed. All have come under scathing criticism and now face months of uncertainty as they rush to rebuild their systems or transition to the federal exchange.
The federal government is caught between writing still more exorbitant checks to give them a second chance at creating viable exchanges of their own or, for a lesser although not inexpensive sum, adding still more states to HealthCare.gov. The federal system is already serving 36 states, far more than originally anticipated. . .
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TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: obamacare
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To: Kid Shelleen
...and the ‘federal exchange’ is a figment of the president’s and these writers’ imagination based on the wording of the law.
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05/11/2014 8:14:10 PM PDT
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relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The End)
To: Brad from Tennessee; dcwusmc; Jed Eckert; Recovering Ex-hippie; KingOfVagabonds; Berlin_Freeper; ...
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posted on
05/11/2014 8:17:00 PM PDT
by
narses
(Matthew 7:6. He appears to have made up his mind let him live with the consequences.)
To: Brad from Tennessee; LucyT
Each of the states Massachusetts...
Massachusetts? I thought they already had a working system that they based 0bamacare on?
Mass. discarding broken ObamaCare site
"Ive said all along that no option on the table would be perfect, and the dual track certainly has its benefits and its challenges," said Sarah Iselin, special assistant to Gov. Deval Patrick (D), in a statement Monday.
but, that's not at all what he said late last year on
Meet the Press.
Liar, liar...
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posted on
05/11/2014 9:04:08 PM PDT
by
Brown Deer
(Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Nearly half a billion dollars in federal money has been spent developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are now in shambles...Pardon me...
Nearly half a billion dollars in federal our tax money has been spent completely wasted developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are now in shambles
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posted on
05/12/2014 5:44:07 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
To: Brad from Tennessee
And Oracle Corp. is laughing all the way to the bank.
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posted on
05/12/2014 5:45:12 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
To: FatherofFive
Governor of Oregon is running for re-election...his 4th term...we will see how many food here vote for him again
..or whether vote fraud carries him
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posted on
05/12/2014 6:42:59 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
To: GOPJ
Chump change can be good. We need to change the chump we have now in the White House.
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posted on
05/12/2014 8:39:04 AM PDT
by
ShasheMac
(Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10)
To: Brown Deer
Many of the votes cast for Scott Brown in 2010 were anti-ObamaCare votes. Mass voters hoped Brown could cast the deciding vote against ObamaCare so Massachusetts could retain its own program.
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:33:52 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: GeronL
[Pure theft, people need to be arrested.]
One federal exchange for the whole country would have been a more practical approach than all these state exchanges. But like the “Stimulus” federally funded state exchanges provide an opportunity for corrupt officials and crony contractors to steal and kick back to the DNC.
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posted on
05/12/2014 9:41:18 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
To: ShasheMac
That’s change I would like... better - vote out all democrats...
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posted on
05/12/2014 10:19:21 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Want to keep your doctor? Remove your Democrat Senator. - - Freeper Balding_Eagle)
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