Health Care initiatives in the world of the unemployed

A humorous review of the program.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vdnY8r7_fLw?rel=0

Thanks Obamacare (not)

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/13160-restaurant-giant-cuts-hours-to-avoid-employer-mandate

I thought Obamacare was supposed to fix all of this ????



http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-smarter-mutual-fund-investor/2012/09/24/will-health-care-hurt-boomers-retirement

This article neglects to mention that in a earlier post it was pointed out that if the States dont act on the exchanges and the Feds act on their own, there is no funding for them (Fed Exchanges) in Obamacare..., which inhibits the exchanges being set up and the employer mandate which requires the exchanges to off load workers into......

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/November/07/obama-reelection-states-health-care.aspx?utm_source=khn&utm_medium=internal&utm_campaign=widget

ObamaCare isn't what it was cracked up to be. After two years of ignoring health reform's fundamental flaws, the press will likely admit that ObamaCare is fundamentally flawed.

Reports are sure to appear pointing out the law's lack of cost controls, its adverse impact on doctors and hospitals, and the fact that, after spending $1.76 trillion, it will still leave 30 million uninsured.



http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/110712-632397-five-stories-the-media-have-buried-.htm

This article too implies that a pure Federal exchange is not funded...............


http://reason.com/blog/2012/11/16/hhs-extends-obamacare-health-insurance-e

In the middle of page 1 of this interview both Paul Gigot of the WSJ and Scott Walker (Gov of Wis) both acknowledge that if a state elects to not set up exchanges and defers to the Feds, the subsidies that are supposed to flow with these exchanges are NOT funded (subsidies for low income people to buy insurance coverage was supposed to be the whole idea behind Obamacare) Its amazing this isnt more widely reported.


http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/journal-editorial-report/2012/11/26/obamacare-sure-thing

This report delves into the matter of funding (or lack thereof) for Federal Exchanges

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2011793947001/several-state-reject-state-run-exchange-under-obamacare

Daytona Beach News Journal
(this piece also implies the Fed Exchanges are not funded as it states that Fla can waive the mandate penalities if the the States dont set up exchanges)

Provisions of Obamacare threaten state budget
Our View

Published: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 4:38 p.m.
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An expansion of Florida's Medicaid program as requested by federal law brings with it considerable risks to state taxpayers.

This month, state legislators and Gov. Rick Scott will weigh expanding the $21 billion program in accordance with the goals of the Affordable Care Act, the controversial health care law passed in 2010 by the U.S. Congress, better knownas "Obamacare."

Scott has indicated he is willing to negotiate with federal officials, but he has a responsibility not to sign on for an expansion of health care coverage the state can't afford.

Given that Scott and many Republican legislators opposed the expansion, the recent election may have made them feel cowed. Scott and lawmakers are reconsidering their options and asking, "What do voters want?" Scott would be wise to consult public opinion polls here: Despite Obama's solid re-election victory, Obamacare is still unpopular. CNN found after the election that 52 percent of voters oppose Obamacare, while 42 percent support it.

Weighing too on Scott's mind is the negotiation with federal officials on the use of managed care in Medicaid, based on a state law passed in 2011. Federal officials need to approve such a cost-cutting move — but will they be in the mood to do so if Florida doesn't comply with Obamacare?

Florida has some leeway in dealing with the feds. No less an authority than the U.S. Supreme Court said that Obamacare was valid, but one key part of it was not. The federal government could not force states to expand Medicaid. Also, the law allows states to decide whether or not to create "exchanges," which are government-run marketplaces that sell regulated health insurance plans to citizens.

The feds will run the exchanges in states that decline to create them. Florida so far has not committed to creating one, and a majority of states — as many as 30 — have been slow to approve them. The fear is state-run exchanges will bring higher taxes, according to Michael F. Cannon of the Cato Institute.

Cannon, in an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, also notes that states have a powerful incentive not to create the exchanges. The Affordable Care Act has penalties for employers and individuals that do not obtain health insurance. Yet "states can exempt their employers from penalties of up to $2,000 per worker simply by not creating exchanges."

The punishment in Obamacare for not getting or providing health insurance was at the heart of opposition to the law. If states can undermine that penalty system, voters would likely nod with approval.

The bottom line for Florida is the cost of the Medicaid expansion that Obama and federal health officials want.

The state already has 3 million people on Medicaid, the federal-state partnership that provides health care to the poor and disabled. It costs about $21 billion annually, almost one-third of the budget and more than public education. Medicaid costs are not unlike a runaway freight train, gobbling up more and more state revenue.

According to Associated Press, officials estimate about 900,000 residents could be covered under expanded Medicaid rolls by fiscal year 2020-2021, costing $330 million.

Scott and many lawmakers say Medicaid is eating up state revenue for other, more basic functions of state government, from K-12 education to transportation funding. This is a refrain heard in most states, it should be noted. Scott is not just being partisan when he notes the obvious.

New revenues for the Medicaid expansion from the federal government are promised in the short term, but will they last? That must be the question on every legislator's mind.

The Affordable Care Act was not thought out well, passed in a hurry in 2010, and then slightly unraveled by the Supreme Court when the Medicaid expansion was ruled optional.

Florida cannot afford the expansion as the Affordable Care Act now stands. Unless the law changes, Scott and lawmakers should say no to the expansion and no to a state-run health care exchange

These rotton scoundrels vote for this in the dark of night without knowing what is in it, then in the same darkness want to disect it for their corporate constiuents.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/12/Senate-Democrats-Urge-Undoing-of-ObamaCare