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GOP goes quiet on ObamaCare






Last fall, the GOP tore into ObamaCare around the clock, and criticisms of the law became a huge story amid the enrollment website's woes.


Now, major news events related to the Affordable Care Act barely draw a Republican response.



Republicans virtually ignored the final release of ObamaCare's enrollment numbers and a report that healthcare spending jumped in the first quarter of 2014. Mentions of the law have dwindled in press conferences by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), where they were a mainstay earlier this year.


And on the Senate side, the usual partisan rancor was almost completely absent during last week’s confirmation hearing for the next Health and Human Services secretary. Only a few GOP senators mentioned ObamaCare in their questions, and three Republicans failed to attend the event at all.


The House has no plans to vote on ObamaCare legislation in May, according to a memo from Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) released late last month.


It is also unclear when the party's replacement proposal for the law will come to a vote.

Despite pressure from conservatives, Cantor has not committed to put a bill on the House floor by August recess.



Read more: GOP goes quiet on ObamaCare | TheHill
 
gopher

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Morning Plum: Are Republicans surrendering on Obamacare?


''A new CNN poll illustrates the situation nicely: It finds that far more Americans want to keep Obamacare than repeal it. At the same time, only majorities of Republicans want repeal and only majorities of Republicans think the law is already a failure.


The CNN poll finds that 49 percent of Americans want to keep the law with some changes, while another 12 percent want to keep it as is — a total of 61 percent. Meanwhile, only 18 percent want to repeal and replace the law, and another 20 percent want to repeal it, full stop — a total of 38 percent. That’s 61-38 for keeping rather than repealing the law. Among independents, that’s 55-44 ... there are still six months to go, and already even some Republican officials appear to be realizing that the anti-Obamacare energy is draining away.''



Morning Plum: Are Republicans surrendering on Obamacare?
 
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Politico reports:

Nearly half a billion dollars in federal money has been spent developing four state Obamacare exchanges that are now in shambles — and the final price tag for salvaging them may go sharply higher.

Each of the states — Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada and Maryland — embraced Obamacare, and each underperformed. All have come under scathing criticism and now face months of uncertainty as they rush to rebuild their systems or transition to the federal exchange.

What’s the problem — the state cronies got their cut, and now the federal cronies will step in to get theirs.

It’s almost as if the whole facade had been designed to collapse.
 
gopher

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/turns...3900650.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons



Turns Out Obamacare Premiums Aren't More Expensive After All


Business Insider By Lauren F Friedman

May 12, 2014

When the cost of an employer-provided health insurance plan is compared to the cost of an Affordable Care Act plan bought on a state health insurance exchange, the ACA plan will be more affordable on average, a new analysis from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute finds.

"In 2014, the premiums for health plans offered on new state exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are comparable to — and in some cases lower than — those being offered by employers with similar levels of coverage," the analysts concluded. "The data suggest the new exchanges are competitive with the current insurance market."





Another ACA myth debunked.
 
EagleSmack

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Just don't add in the co-pays, deductibles, and prescription costs!


Oh and let's not forget you will not have as many choices of hospitals, clinics and doctors!


"If you like your plan you can keep your plan...if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor."


FAIL
 
gopher

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Obamacare is such a dismal FAIL that yet another red state has joined in on it:


Another red state just caved on Obamacare - Vox




''Despite vocal opposition to Obamacare, Governor Mike Pence of Indiana just joined the ranks of conservative state officials willing to compromise with the federal government to expand health coverage for their states' poorest residents.


WHY?


...there's a growing body of evidence that Medicaid is a great deal for states. For 2014 through the end of 2016, the federal government will pick up the complete tab for Medicaid expansion, so when states delay expansion, they're leaving federal dollars on the table. A recent analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that expansion only raises state Medicaid spending by 1.6% between 2015 and 2024 relative to not expanding''



Yes,the big FAIL is gaining several hundred thousand more subscribers.
 
gopher

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quote: ''The VA has been plagued with patient backlogs for as long as I can remember. ''



very nice of brit hume to point out that people are now going to medical care whereas in the past they did not do so for lack of health care insurance - of course, nothing in ACA forbids private companies from opening up their own clinics so that more service can be made available if private parties chose to invest in the business - further, clinics can easily be opened up on church property so that they would be exempt from local tax laws thereby generating higher untaxed revenues - therefore, hume fails to point out that the "free market" and its inability to meet the needs of the public is the real failing
 
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gopher said:
quote: ''The VA has been plagued with patient backlogs for as long as I can remember. ''



very nice of brit hume to point out that people are now going to medical care whereas in the past they did not do so for lack of health care insurance - of course, nothing in ACA forbids private companies from opening up their own clinics so that more service can be made available if private parties chose to invest in the business - further, clinics can easily be opened up on church property so that they would be exempt from local tax laws thereby generating higher untaxed revenues - therefore, hume fails to point out that the "free market" and its inability to meet the needs of the public is the real failing
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It's not a free market if the customer can't choose the coverage he wants.
 
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