You can’t pay out more than you take in. Costs drive behavior. ========= BY ANNA WILDE MATHEWS AND LOUISE RADNOFSKY A growing number of major insurers are seeking premium increases averaging 20% or more for next year on plans sold under the Affordable Care Act, according to rate proposals in more than 10 states that provide the broadest picture so far of the strains... Read more
Archive for the ‘ObamaCare’ Category
The ObamaCare Republicans
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCare, Party Politics, Republican(s), The RightThese folks have lost almost all credibility with me. ===== WSJ 3/25/2017 House Republicans pulled their healthcare bill shortly before a vote on Friday, and for once the media dirge is right about a GOP defeat. This is a major blow to the Trump Presidency, the GOP majority in Congress, and especially to the cause of reforming and limiting government. The damage is all... Read more
Medicaid Explodes
November 18 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, ObamaCareI’m in total shock… ======= WSJ 11/18/2016 On Donald Trump’s victory Republicans in Congress are primed for an ambitious agenda, and not a moment too soon. One immediate problem is ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, which has seen enrollment at least twice as high as advertised. Most of the insurance coverage gains from the law come from opening Medicaid eligibility beyond its original goal of... Read more
Blame someone else
August 20 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, ObamaCarePurely Obama. Never his fault. =========== WSJ 8/18/2016 Democrats claimed for years that ObamaCare is working splendidly, though anybody acquainted with reality could see the entitlement is dysfunctional. Now as the law breaks down in an election year, they’ve decided to blame private insurers for their own failures. Their target this week is Aetna, which has announced it is withdrawing two-thirds of its ObamaCare... Read more
Ah, But You Should Have Asked Sooner…
April 8 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ObamaCareLet me know if this surprises you… ===== WSJ 4/8/2016 By Justin Haskins Legislators in Arkansas, New Hampshire, South Dakota and elsewhere have spent the past three months considering whether they should expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, or renew their previous commitment to do so. But new projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation... Read more
Obamacare disaster
December 3 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareJust the facts… ===== Insurance analyst Robert Laszewski writing online for the Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review, Nov. 19: When are Obamacare apologists going to stop spinning the insurance exchange enrollment as some big victory that is running smoothly? Yes, Obamacare has brought the number of those uninsured down—because of the Medicaid expansion in those states that have taken it and because... Read more
