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Nearly 2M fell off Obamacare coverage rolls through mid-March
Officials said they were unable to pull back some HealthCare.gov radio and TV advertising that had been purchased by the Obama administration.
OBAMACARE :" NOBODY WANTS IT "
Doctors, Hospitals Say 'No' to Obamacare Plans
So we have another piece of worthless Democratic Legislation that cost the Taxpayer ,that nobody wanted in the first Place .
ALERT: Insurance Companies Make Shocking Obamacare Announcement… Your Family Could Be Affected
One of President Barack Obama’s promises when he ran for office was affordable healthcare — for everyone.
The poorly named Affordable Care Act has been everything but affordable for many who already struggle from paycheck to paycheck.
As the years roll on and expenses begin to pile up, we are beginning to see the toll his hope and change is taking on working Americans.
Health insurance companies are now looking at rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent or more, claiming new customers under the ACA turned out to have more health issues than expected. (H/T WZ)
Major market leader Blue Cross and Blue Shield said it’s seeking rate increases that average from 23 percent in Illinois to 54 percent in Minnesota, according to records posted online by government and state insurance administrators.
Oregon’s commissioner for insurance, Laura N. Cali, approved rate increases for companies covering over 220,000 customers. Moda Health Plan, the largest in the state, received a 25 percent increase; and LifeWise, the second-largest in the state, received a 33 percent increase.
These are just two examples of the rate increases seen across the country.
A study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation concluded that customers in 11 cities in different states would see fairly modest increases in premiums if they switched plans.
However, switching plans doesn’t guarantee that they can keep their doctors. Additionally, lower premiums often mean a limited choice of doctors and hospitals.
Insurers claim several reasons for rate increases which include the needs of customer who had no previous coverage, the soaring cost of specialty drugs, and a policy the Obama administration adopted in 2013 that allowed some to keep insurance even though it did not meet federal standards.
Other reasons for the rate increases include the failure of Obama to recruit young people to sign up for any health insurance at all. Because the president’s plan hasn’t attracted enough healthy, young people “millions of people will face Obamacare sticker shock,” said Republican Sen. John Barrasso.
Yet the president continues to claim his unaffordable plan is affordable and working for the American people.
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Via "Health Care," The Fascists Are On The March Once More. They Never Stop, They Never Sleep, They Never Quit
They Never Stop, They Never Sleep, They Never Quit
The hallmark of all fascist systems is their relentlessness. Like the Terminator, they cannot be satisfied, they cannot be negotiated with, they cannot be persuaded of the evil of their cause (in fact, that’s a feature, not a bug). They just keep coming until either they are destroyed — or they destroy you. Case in point:
Fact Checking the Obama Administration’s Claim That 14.1 Million People Gain Health Coverage
The following article gets into the weeds some what, but does correct a few misconceptions trumpeted by the authorities.
Did 14.1 Million People Gain Health Coverage? Fact Checking the Obama Administration’s Claim
HHS Failure to Screen Obamacare Contract Recipients Cost Taxpayers $400M
Inexcusable, sloppy incompetence that will never be righted!
Excerpt:“It is imperative that CMS conduct comprehensive reviews of companies’ past performance to ensure that it contracts with reliable companies,” the inspector general concluded.
Had they done so, CMS may have discovered CGI Federal had essentially been fired by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada, after “the firm missed three years of deadlines and failed to deliver the province’s flagship online medical registry,” as the Washington Examiner reported in 2013.
And had they known about that history, CMS might have done a better job of writing the contract to ensure contractors like CGI Federal would pay for cost overruns.
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Audit: HHS Failure to Screen Obamacare Contract Recipients Cost Taxpayers $400M
by Eric Boehm
An internal investigation into how the federal government awarded contracts for developing and building the Affordable Care Act’s most important public element — the online exchanges that were to be used by millions of Americans to purchase health insurance — has found the process was flawed.
The investigation showed that The Department of Health and Human Services failed to conduct background checks on prior work by companies awarded many of the Obamacare contracts and failed to require those same companies to be accountable for cost overruns, leaving taxpayers on the hook instead.
The report published Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General for HHS concludes those mistakes cost taxpayers more than $400 million in unexpected costs — essentially doubling the expected cost of building the exchanges in the first place.
“For a project of this size and importance, CMS [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] missed opportunities to leverage all available acquisition planning tools and contracting approaches to identify and mitigate risks,” the inspector general wrote in the report.Subscribe to updates and alerts
The federal Obamacare exchange went live in October 2013, and was immediately beset with technical problems that severely limited its functionality. After several months of work, the Obama administration declared the problems fixed in early 2014, though technical difficulties have continued to plague it and several of the state-based exchanges also set up as part of the Affordable Care Act.
The inspector general examined 60 contracts signed by CMS for the online health insurance site and conducted interviews with “high level” staff at CMS and HHS about the contracting process.
In two of those contracts — including the $93 million contract signed with CGI Federal, the firm responsible for several major elements of the Obamacare federal exchange — CMS did not conduct a part performance review of their work.
“It is imperative that CMS conduct comprehensive reviews of companies’ past performance to ensure that it contracts with reliable companies,” the inspector general concluded.
Had they done so, CMS may have discovered CGI Federal had essentially been fired by the provincial government in Ontario, Canada, after “the firm missed three years of deadlines and failed to deliver the province’s flagship online medical registry,” as the Washington Examiner reported in 2013.
And had they known about that history, CMS might have done a better job of writing the contract to ensure contractors like CGI Federal would pay for cost overruns.
Instead, five of six “key contracts” handed out by the department were written on a so-called “cost reimbursement” basis, meaning the government — ultimately, taxpayers — would cover any unexpected expenses.
“CMS’s choice of contract type for certain key contracts resulted in the government shouldering the risk for cost increases,” the inspector general concluded.
Those six contracts were initially supposed to cost $464 million. By early 2014, when the inspector general began his review, the cost had ballooned to more than $820 million.
The contract with CGI Federal tripled during that period, from $58 million to $207 million, the inspector general reported.
Only two of those six “key contracts” were reviewed by CMS’ Contract Review Board before they were awarded.
“Although the Federal Marketplace was an unprecedented project with unique challenges, the experience of contracting for the Federal Marketplace has broader implications for Federal contracting,” the inspector general wrote. “The issues raised in this report demonstrate the need for HHS and CMS to make changes to strengthen their contracting processes.”
Ellen Murray, assistant secretary for financial resources for CMS, wrote that both HHS and CMS were working to implement changes based on the inspector general’s findings.
“CMS is enforcing a strict governance structure for contracts and is training a strong acquisition workforce,” Murray wrote. “These efforts are yielding positive results.”
Eric Boehm@Watchdogorg
Eric Boehm is a reporter for Watchdog.org, a national network of investigative reporters covering waste, fraud and abuse in government. Watchdog.org is a project of the nonprofit Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity.
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Gruber Knew That "Death Panels" Would Be Part Of Obamacare
ACA mandates caused increased premiums, increased deductibles loss of access to doctors and hospitals of choice, and refusal of many hospitals to take Obama care. The hard cold reality is that eventually, access to health care will be limited.
The "authorities" tell us that the ACA is working just fine. Really?
Surprise Supreme Court Has Change Of Heart
Surprise Supreme Court Action Could Be A Death Blow To Obamacare
...a major victory for opponents of Obama's...
What Happens if Obamacare Fails?
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According to a procurement document posted on a federal website, if the new contractor brought in to fix the back-end of the healthcare.gov website doesn’t finish its job by mid-March, insurers could be bankrupt and the entire healthcare industry threatened if the build out is not completed.
The 411 on Obamacare’s 6 mil enrollment figure touted by Sebelius
Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a
blog post Monday that ‘More than 6 million Americans have now
either signed up for a private health insurance plan through the Marketplace or
for Medicaid coverage.’
But the numbers are somewhat misleading. Here
are the figures:
Remember What the Democrats Did with Obamacare that Led to the Government Shutdown?
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Democrats and the White House want to put the blame for the shutdown of the Federal Government on the House Republicans, especially those who align themselves with the Tea Party. (I wonder if "blame" is the correct word – perhaps praise would be better?)
At the center of the debate is President Obama's landmark legislation "The Affordable Health Care Act" (a.k.a. ObamaCare).
GOP hasn’t the votes to defund, nor Obama to fund, Obamacare
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Do the Constitution’s separation of powers and concomitant duty to compromise, apply to all presidents except President Obama?
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