Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Is Repealing Itself

Premiums are so high that many are exempt.

Unaffordable HealthcareThe Senate this week is expected to vote on a tax bill that includes a controversial provision to repeal Obamacare’s tax penalty on the uninsured. Democrats and some conservative policy analysts fret that if Congress scuttles the so-call...

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Children's Health Program In Texas Is Weeks Away From 'Chaos,' Advocates Warn

  NOV 14, 2017

The families of roughly 400,000 children in Texas could be receiving letters from state officials in a matter of weeks, letting them know their health care is ending.

Funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired at the end of S...

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Why I don't want an HMO even if the government pays more than half cost!

out-of-network-emergency-1200-1-768x432HMOs are basically a version of socialized medicine — making health care look low cost to consumers but adding an elaborate behind-the-scenes rationing scheme to control costs.

For example: You can see only doctors who have been hired by the HMO. The doctors can get financially p...

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Senate Plans to End Obamacare Mandate in Revised Tax Proposal

Article Excerpt from the NY Times.  By THOMAS KAPLAN andJIM TANKERSLEYNOV. 14, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1475" align="alignright" width="768"]Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, delivered opening remarks Tuesday during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, delivered opening remarks Tuesday during a Senate Finance Committee hearing. CreditTom Bre...

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