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==About== | ==About== | ||
| − | [[Obamacare]] is the colloqual name for the [[Affordable Care Act]] enacted in 2010 in response to reform initiatives in [[US/healthcare/reform/2009|2009]]. | + | [[Obamacare]] is the colloqual name for the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (aka ACA, [[PPACA]]) enacted in 2010 in response to reform initiatives in [[US/healthcare/reform/2009|2009]]. |
| − | It has been attacked by the [[political Right]], especially | + | It has been attacked by the [[political Right]], especially [[free market libertarian]]s, since it was first proposed -- typically with distortions and misrepresentations. |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
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* [http://obamacarefacts.com/ ObamaCare Facts]: "dispelling the myths" | * [http://obamacarefacts.com/ ObamaCare Facts]: "dispelling the myths" | ||
** [http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-health-insurance-premiums.php ObamaCare Insurance Premiums] | ** [http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-health-insurance-premiums.php ObamaCare Insurance Premiums] | ||
| + | * [http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline/full.html timeline]: when each provision takes effect | ||
===News=== | ===News=== | ||
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* '''2013-02-09''' [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/09/local/la-me-doctors-20130210 State lacks doctors to meet demand of national healthcare law] | * '''2013-02-09''' [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/09/local/la-me-doctors-20130210 State lacks doctors to meet demand of national healthcare law] | ||
* '''2013-03-26''' [http://www.naturalnews.com/039651_health_insurance_Obamacare_double.html Health insurance rates to double as Obamacare fully kicks in]: this site seems to be a [[woo]]-peddler | * '''2013-03-26''' [http://www.naturalnews.com/039651_health_insurance_Obamacare_double.html Health insurance rates to double as Obamacare fully kicks in]: this site seems to be a [[woo]]-peddler | ||
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| + | * '''2013-05-14''' [http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/14/news/economy/obamacare-premiums/index.html Who will pay more under Obamacare? Young men] | ||
* '''2013-05-24''' | * '''2013-05-24''' | ||
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* '''2013-06-04''' [http://news.yahoo.com/obamacare-double-health-insurance-premiums-084000445.html;_ylt=AwrNUbHMPbRRWEcAE9v_wgt. Will ObamaCare double your health insurance premiums?] by [[Peter Weber]] | * '''2013-06-04''' [http://news.yahoo.com/obamacare-double-health-insurance-premiums-084000445.html;_ylt=AwrNUbHMPbRRWEcAE9v_wgt. Will ObamaCare double your health insurance premiums?] by [[Peter Weber]] | ||
* '''2013-06-05/NR''' [http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113392/obamacare-rate-shock-debate-subsidies-make-huge-difference Un-rigging the Rate-Shock Debate The truth about what those healthy 25-year-olds will pay] by [[Jonathan Cohn]] | * '''2013-06-05/NR''' [http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113392/obamacare-rate-shock-debate-subsidies-make-huge-difference Un-rigging the Rate-Shock Debate The truth about what those healthy 25-year-olds will pay] by [[Jonathan Cohn]] | ||
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| + | * '''2013-06-06/ODI''' [http://insurance.ohio.gov/Newsroom/Pages/06062013ACAProposedRates.aspx Health Insurance Costs to Increase Significantly Under Affordable Care Act] | ||
| + | ** as of 2013-06-11, there is no request listed [http://companyprofiles.healthcare.gov/states/OH/rate_reviews?search_method=rate_reviews here] for 2013 that is anything over 23%. The most recent request was March 31. | ||
| + | ** the 88% figure is apparently derived by comparing a March report by the [[Society of Actuaries]] ([http://soa.org web]) with rate-hike proposals submitted to the ODI. So far I have not been able to find the SoA report | ||
* '''2013-06-06''' | * '''2013-06-06''' | ||
** [http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/06/06/obamacare-insurance-exchanges-creating-roadblocks-to-enrollment-while-wasting-millions-in-taxpayer-money/ Obamacare Insurance Exchanges Creating Roadblocks To Enrollment While Wasting Millions In Taxpayer Money?] by [[Rick Ungar]]: responds to '''2013-05-30/F''', but brings up a new criticism | ** [http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/06/06/obamacare-insurance-exchanges-creating-roadblocks-to-enrollment-while-wasting-millions-in-taxpayer-money/ Obamacare Insurance Exchanges Creating Roadblocks To Enrollment While Wasting Millions In Taxpayer Money?] by [[Rick Ungar]]: responds to '''2013-05-30/F''', but brings up a new criticism | ||
** [https://thelonggoodbye.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/debunking-the-myths-of-obamacare-rate-shock/ Debunking The Myths of Obamacare Rate Shock]: discussion of '''2013-06-05/NR''' | ** [https://thelonggoodbye.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/debunking-the-myths-of-obamacare-rate-shock/ Debunking The Myths of Obamacare Rate Shock]: discussion of '''2013-06-05/NR''' | ||
| + | * '''2013-06-10''' | ||
| + | ** [http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/06/10/ohio-dept-of-insurance-obamacare-to-increase-individual-market-health-premiums-by-88-percent/ Ohio Dept. Of Insurance: Obamacare To Increase Individual-Market Health Premiums By 88 Percent] by [[Avik Roy]] - reporting on '''2013-06-06/ODI''' | ||
| + | ** [http://watchdog.org/89443/obamacare-costs-soaring-in-recent-rate-checks/ Obamacare costs soaring in recent rate checks] by [[M.D. Kittle]]: reporting on '''2013-06-06/ODI''' | ||