Category: Health

Another Really Bad Obamacare Enrollment Report

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Today’s enrollment report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services finally releases data on the age breakdown in the Obamacare exchanges.  As many of us have expected, the exchanges aren’t even close to the number of young people the ...
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The Best Obamacare Commercials Of 2013

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Wasn’t 2013 fun?  Well, if you were in charge of getting Healthcare.gov to work, or one of the millions who lost their insurance, or were Kathleen Sebelius…maybe not so much. But, there are always ways to find levity even in ...
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Can I Buy an Additional Health Insurance Policy Through My ObamaCare Exchange? Part 2

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Last week, I described my fruitless effort to determine from the Maryland Health Connection (ObamaCare exchange) website whether it is permissible for a person to use the exchange to purchase a second, unsubsidized, health insurance policy for the purpose of ...
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Rep. Lee Terry's H.R. 3362 Counters Administration's Refusal to Release Missing ObamaCare Exchanges Data

Rep. Lee Terry’s H.R. 3362 Counters Administration’s Refusal to Release Missing ObamaCare Exchanges Data

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On January 13 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finally released an enrollment report on the ObamaCare exchanges that not only listed the number of people who had selected a private plan or enrolled in Medicaid, but also ...
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Can I Buy an Additional Health Insurance Policy Through My ObamaCare Exchange?

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Yes... and no. At least, according to the questions-and-answers section of the Maryland Health Connection, which is Maryland's ObamaCare exchange. Mindful that some people have health insurance policies that have very limited networks, I wondered what would happen if a ...
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Project 21 Awaits ObamaCare Debut

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For ObamaCare, it’s about time for the rubber to really hit the road.  And things don’t look promising to the membership of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network. Unless, of course, the hope is that President Obama’s signature ...
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Did Sebelius Lie About Preventive Care?

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One of the most misleading and yet pervasive notions about health care is that preventive care saves the health care system money.  This leads politicians and others to advocate for laws the prohibit insurers from requiring any cost-sharing for preventive ...
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Enrollment Fallout

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Over at National Review Online Jim Geraghty notes that most Obamacare exchanges—45, in fact—have not even reached 10 percent of their enrollment goals.  Geraghty writes, “The only states that have reached 10 percent of their enrollment goals are California, Colorado, Connecticut, New ...
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Which Is Having A Worse Year, Obamacare or NHS?

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The bureaucrats at the Dept. of Health and Human Services and those at Great Britain’s National Health Service should consider getting together to compare notes on 2013. I don’t know who would come out the winner in the pity competition, ...
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Public Smoking AND Quitting Smoking Now Both to be Outlawed in the Big Apple?

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New York to Vote on Banning Public Use of Device that Helps Smokers Quit The Nanny State Marches On New York, NY - This week, the New York City Council is expected to vote on a bill that would ban ...
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