Via Drudge
◼ "We have to look at our benefits programs very seriously," said Armstrong. "In the CEO chair, let me give you an example of the decisions we have to make as a company: Obamacare is an additional $7.1 million expense for us as a company. So we have to decide whether or not to pass that expense to employees or whether to cut other benefits." - Daniel Halper/Weekly Standard
◼ NY Hospital Turns Down Cancer Patient With Obamacare - Washington Free Beacon
When told the hospital did not take his insurance, Johnston was shocked. “It leaves me high and dry,” Johnston said. “I mean, this is nothing to fool around with. This is my life.”
The hospital said it currently does not accept any of the 8 plans offered by the New York state exchange, citing low reimbursement fees that “wouldn’t come close” to the cost of providing treatment. The hospital has had to negotiate on a case by case basis with the insurance companies to cover patients in predicaments like Johnston’s.
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◼ House Oversight Committee hearing exposes political influence peddling, wasted tax funds in Obamacare co-ops - Mark Tapscott/Washington Examiner
$25 million improperly diverted...Conflicts of Interest...
It's an Obamacare-inspired program that cost "only" $2 billion and has mostly escaped media attention, but that may be changing now
