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Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women

Avik Roy | Forbes | September 25, 2013

For months now, we’ve been waiting to hear how much Obamacare will drive up the cost of health insurance for people who purchase coverage on their own. Last night, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finally began to provide some data on how Americans will fare on Obamacare’s federally-sponsored insurance exchanges. [...] Read More »

HealthCare.gov Can’t Handle Appeals Of Enrollment Errors

Amy Goldstein | Washington Post | February 2, 2014

Tens of thousands of people who discovered that HealthCare.gov made mistakes as they were signing up for a health plan are confronting a new roadblock: The government cannot yet fix the errors. Read More »

Millions Losing Health Plans Under Obamacare. Did President Mislead? (+Video)

Peter Grier | DC Decoder | October 29, 2013

It turns out that at least 7 million Americans will not be able to keep their current health insurance plans under Obamacare, news reports say, despite Obama's assurances that they would. Read More »

New State Data On Obamacare Enrollment Trends Show How Scheme Is Failing

Scott Gottlieb | Forbes | December 20, 2013

The White House obfuscates when it comes to Obamacare enrollment results. But some of the individual states that have established their own on-line exchanges (and sidestepped healthcare.gov) have been forthcoming... Read More »

The Hidden Marriage Penalty In Obamacare

Garance Franke-Ruta | The Atlantic | November 5, 2013

Childless couples and empty nesters pay more. Much more. Read More »

The Obama Crony In Charge Of Your Medical Records

Michelle Malkin | michellemalkin.com | May 22, 2013

Who is Judy Faulkner? Chances are, you don't know her -- but her politically connected, taxpayer-subsidized electronic medical records company may very well know you. Top Obama donor and billionaire Faulkner is founder and CEO of Epic Systems, which will soon store almost half of all Americans' health information. If the crony odor and the potential for abuse that this "epic" arrangement poses don't chill your bones, you ain't paying attention.

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What Kind Of Problem Is The ACA Rollout For Liberalism?

Mike Konczal | Next New Deal | October 23, 2013

“This massive IT launch sure came in on time, under budget, and without headaches” is a statement that nobody has ever said. But even controlling for that, Healthcare.gov looks to be having a disastrous launch. Read More »

Why Not Medicaid For All?

Ross Douthat | New York Times | October 22, 2013

My Sunday column on the potential consequences of Obamacare’s botched rollout ended by sketching a scenario in which the program’s Medicaid expansion is deemed a success while its reform of the individual market leads to much-higher-than-expected costs and much-lower-than-expected participation rates. This combination would no doubt be politically helpful to the Republican Party in the short run, but (I argued) it would actually leave liberals with a fairly clear path forward... Read More »