Category Archives: Obamacare

Anthem backs Obamacare reform

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Fred Stiening

Boston Herald Anthem provides Blue Cross / Blue Shield nationally for employers with employees scattered all over the country. Their main customer is the United States government – which gave the Obama administration substantial leverage to blackmail Anthem. The Affordable … Continue reading →

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Repealing Obamacare

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Well, the Republican leadership is going to put their cards on the table in 7 card stud poker with all the cards face up and see what happens. The Hill Reconciliation is the convoluted method used to pass Obamacare over … Continue reading →

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It’s Obamacare day!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Fred Stiening

No pushing! As promised, all the insurance companies have dropped out, except Blue Cross/Shield of NC, who amended their request to add 24% increase. Without subsidy, the silver plan has around a $1,200 a month premium. While the “risk corridor” … Continue reading →

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Walmart – Barack Obama’s ally

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Fred Stiening

That’s the opinion over at Bloomberg… Obama loves Walmart The Clinton ties with Walmart go back to the earliest days when Sam Walton ran the company and made a point of buying from American suppliers. That was then and this … Continue reading →

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Obamacare and Equity Funding (1973)

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Fred Stiening

[Written November 2013] Back when I was studying accounting, the Equity Funding scandal was fresh – but the lessons learned from it need to be told to the Obamacare brain trust. The scam involved creating fake life insurance policies that … Continue reading →

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AETNA pulls the plug on Obamacare

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Without the protection of the federal “risk corridors”, pretty much nobody is willing to write individual health insurance policies. With the withdrawal of Aetna, that leaves exactly one provider left in NC – Blue Cross, and they have not said … Continue reading →

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Unaffordable Care Act 2017

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Fred Stiening

This is the time of year that insurers have to put their cards on the table for next year. Since by now, ACA was going to be wildly successful, the ACA was to phase out the guarantee of Federal money … Continue reading →

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My Presidential Obamacare Veto Speech to the nation

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Fred Stiening

(After the House adopts the Senate version) [roll TelePrompTer] Good Evening fellow Americans and Republicans, The Republican controlled House and Senate have placed on my desk a Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which I believe has been the most … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Update

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Fred Stiening

My enrollment confirmation and temporary ID card has arrived from United Healthcare. That leaves the loose end that Blue Cross will automatically renew my policy for 2016 if I don’t tell them to not renew me. So this morning at … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Year three

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Fred Stiening

This time Healthcare.gov did what it should have done the first year. It delivered what it said it would. I could seem plans and premiums before identifying myself. In North Carolina, there are three active insurers – Blue Cross/Shield of … Continue reading →

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