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Mar 2019

Do you suppose Congress could investigate how health insurance got so expensive?

Jazz Shaw Mar 01, 2019 2:41 PM

Or nah?

Sep 2018

AP: Obamacare prices are stabilizing (mostly)

John Sexton Sep 07, 2018 3:22 PM

“This is still a market that’s unaffordable for many people who aren’t eligible for subsidies.”

Mar 2018

Obamacare premiums could spike 35-90% over the next three years

John Sexton Mar 08, 2018 7:21 PM

“Cumulatively, these premium increases would average 50 percent over the three-year period…”

Oct 2017

Senate Dems, GOP reach deal to reinstate ObamaCare’s cost-sharing subsidies

Allahpundit Oct 17, 2017 4:01 PM

Deals.

Sep 2017

It’s happening: Pluralities support single-payer, universal basic income

Allahpundit Sep 20, 2017 3:31 PM

Free sh*t.

Aug 2017

Idaho bracing for astronomical ObamaCare premium hikes in 2018

Ed Morrissey Aug 03, 2017 6:01 PM

Incentives.

Jul 2017

RNC: When Democrats celebrate the failure of ObamaCare repeal they celebrate Americans’ suffering

Allahpundit Jul 28, 2017 8:41 PM

Cheers.

Ted Cruz after repeal failure: “No party can remain in power by lying to the American people”

Allahpundit Jul 28, 2017 11:21 AM

“There are going to be a great many Americans who tonight feel a sense of betrayal.”

Jun 2017

The great compromiser: Health-care amendment that may unite GOP moderates and conservatives offered by … Ted Cruz

Allahpundit Jun 29, 2017 4:41 PM

Deals.

No vote this week: Trump invites all GOP senators to the White House this afternoon to discuss health-care bill

Allahpundit Jun 27, 2017 2:31 PM

Stalled.

Ted Cruz, key conservative negotiator: I have no idea what’s in the Senate health-care bill

Allahpundit Jun 21, 2017 2:01 PM

Mysteries.

Iowa’s last Obamacare insurer asks for 43% rate increase for 2018

John Sexton Jun 19, 2017 9:21 PM

“…a 43% rate increase will drive healthier, younger, and middle-aged individuals out of the market.”

New York Obamacare insurers request 16.6% rate increase for 2018

John Sexton Jun 08, 2017 1:21 PM

“…a substantial increase in cost for New Yorkers who don’t get help from subsidies under Obamacare.”

May 2017

HHS: Premiums for individual health plans doubled between 2013 and 2017

John Sexton May 24, 2017 5:41 PM

“data shows average premiums were 105% higher in 2017 than in 2013…”

Jonathan Gruber: Obamacare problems are Trump’s fault

John Sexton May 07, 2017 5:01 PM

“Look, and whose fault is this?”

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy: Our health-care plan needs to pass “the Jimmy Kimmel test”

Allahpundit May 05, 2017 2:01 PM

Good lord.

Maryland insurer requests 59% premium hike, says Obamacare in first stages of death spiral

John Sexton May 05, 2017 1:21 PM

“The factors that I have described to you today lead to instability and to a spiral…”

Apr 2017

Here we go: New House GOP health-care bill on verge of failure as moderates balk

Allahpundit Apr 27, 2017 6:41 PM

“If I vote for this healthcare bill, it will be the end of my career.”

White House wonders: Should we blow up ObamaCare by ending its cost-sharing subsidies?

Allahpundit Apr 06, 2017 8:41 PM

Sabotage.

Mar 2017

Higher Obamacare premiums in Arizona led to significant decline in enrollment

John Sexton Mar 20, 2017 5:41 PM

“That’s the group that felt the full force of the doubling of premiums in our state.”

HHS chief Tom Price: No one will be worse off financially under the GOP’s health-care bill

Allahpundit Mar 12, 2017 3:31 PM

Wut?

Jason Chaffetz on new GOP plan: Poorer people may need to choose between that iPhone and investing in health care

Allahpundit Mar 07, 2017 11:21 AM

“Americans have choices, and they’ve got to make a choice.”

Jan 2017

CBO: GOP’s 2015 ObamaCare repeal bill would mean much higher premiums, 18 million without insurance in first year

Allahpundit Jan 17, 2017 1:31 PM

Numbers.

Trump warns Republicans: Make sure that Democrats own ObamaCare’s failure, not us

Allahpundit Jan 04, 2017 11:21 AM

Hmmm.

Dec 2016

US taxpayers’ bill for ObamaCare premium hikes: $10 billion extra in 2017

Ed Morrissey Dec 15, 2016 12:41 PM

Breaking: The subsidy tree is a myth.

Nov 2016

Obamacare still not looking like a bargain to many Americans

John Sexton Nov 28, 2016 3:01 PM

“It’s baloney — not worth it.”

Obama: Hey, only a handful of people are seeing premium increases

Ed Morrissey Nov 03, 2016 5:21 PM

Laugh it up.

About that misleading 85% factoid about Obamacare subsidies

John Sexton Nov 01, 2016 3:01 PM

“about half of the people in the individual market are not getting such tax credits”

Oct 2016

Arizona wins the 2017 ObamaCare sweepstakes: 116% increase in benchmark premium

Ed Morrissey Oct 27, 2016 6:41 PM

A curious lack of curiosity.

CBS anchors on spiraling ObamaCare premiums: Hey, what’s up with that?

Allahpundit Oct 25, 2016 10:01 PM

“And so the question is, what happened?”

Confirmed: Obamacare premiums going up an average of 25% in 2017

John Sexton Oct 24, 2016 6:03 PM

“Republicans will pounce on the numbers…”

Obama: ObamaCare is like a defective cellphone, or something

Ed Morrissey Oct 21, 2016 9:21 AM

Take Note (7).

House Republican doctors: ‘Obamacare is collapsing’

John Sexton Oct 17, 2016 7:21 PM

“Its utter failures become more obvious by the day.”

Obamacare premiums cause sticker shock for those not receiving subsidies

John Sexton Oct 16, 2016 6:31 PM

“The cheapest policies amount to…double her mortgage…”

The collapse of Obamacare in North Carolina has been nothing short of spectacular

Jazz Shaw Oct 15, 2016 10:01 AM

Having one very expensive choice is not a competitive market

Has the ObamaCare meltdown begun?

Ed Morrissey Oct 06, 2016 6:01 PM

As Bill Clinton said: “It doesn’t work.”

Sep 2016

CNN: Say, Hillary could end up being a boat anchor for Dem Senate hopes

Ed Morrissey Sep 15, 2016 5:21 PM

ObamaCare another millstone.

Lies and damned lies: Prescription drug costs aren’t driving insurance premium jumps

Jazz Shaw Sep 10, 2016 11:31 AM

Follow the money. And in this case it’s not nearly all in the cost of prescription drugs

Chicago Tribune: Why Obamacare failed

John Sexton Sep 09, 2016 8:41 PM

“Obamacare failed because it flunked Economics 101 and Human Nature 101.”

Loony: Minnesota ObamaCare rates to skyrocket by 36% to 67%

Ed Morrissey Sep 02, 2016 6:41 PM

Collapse.

NYT confirms: ObamaCare enrollees to experience the traditional annual treatment yet again

Ed Morrissey Sep 01, 2016 6:01 PM

Choice.

Aug 2016

ObamaCare price hikes may tilt the Senate toward GOP

Ed Morrissey Aug 26, 2016 12:41 PM

Coattails vs boat anchors.

Illinois ObamaCare rates skyrocketing 43-55% for 2017

Ed Morrissey Aug 25, 2016 7:01 PM

Chow down.