Category Archives: Obamacare

Finally, an Obamacare success story!

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Fred Stiening

An estimated 444,000 people in 10 states (out of 25) have applied for Medicaid! http://seattletimes.com/html/healthcare/2022240305_apxhealthoverhaulsuccessstory.html The expansion of Medicaid will add an estimated 9 million people to the freeloader roles in the next year. Nurses are being made “bounty hunters” … Continue reading →

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DGME and Obamacare

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

One of the complaints when Obamacare was under discussion was that Obamacare would end up telling medical schools how many doctors to train. This is not particularly new – in 1997, Congress passed funding within Medicare to train doctors during … Continue reading →

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Self-insurance and Obamacare

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I’m shocked that business would do things to evade being sucked into Obamacare! It turns out that 68% of employers are self-insured. That means they pay the actual expenses of their employee’s health care – small employers have the option … Continue reading →

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Clark Howard succumbs to big pharma

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Fred Stiening

While testing stations, I stumbled onto Clak Howard – the general topic of discussion was generic medications and whether they are as good as the brand names. Clark indicated that he has acquiesced to his doctor to take cholesterol medication … Continue reading →

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Savage: Give Obamacare a chance

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Fred Stiening

In between the Friday Jazz, Michael Savage is pushing the same idea I mentioned a while ago – the best way to kill Obamacare is to force it to be fully implemented – and create such anger at Democrats, especially … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart on Obamacare

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Fred Stiening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qtx_ZcHOjw&sns=em The troubling part is the laugh track. It may be funny if you’re young and don’t actually need health insurance

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Obamacare 2014 predictions

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Fred Stiening

-Fewer than 5 million people will sign up for Obamacare – TV will fill with sob stories of hospitals demanding $5k deductible in cash to treat people on free Obamacare if the problem is not life threatening – BC/BS and … Continue reading →

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NY Times: Healthcare.gov was not going to work

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Despite all the money and what is at stake, White House political leaders turning the project over to people who were given little direction and had little experience ensured failure. The story mentions that the fight over whether people would … Continue reading →

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Is Healthcare.gov secure?

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Fred Stiening

I now have an official residence in North Carolina (as of last Thursday) so I decided to update my address and state of residency in my application. Because I’m making such an important change, it demands that I supply answers … Continue reading →

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Healthcare.gov v2.0

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Cheeze! This morning I got an email telling me there was a function online, and it actually works (mostly) and is more close to what people expected. It has three steps: – see if you qualify for a subsidy – … Continue reading →

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