As a result, dozens of counties throughout the country have been left with only one or no insurance choice on their exchange. Source: Anatomy of a suddenly sick Obamacare insurer – CBS News Actual number at the time of that article was 1,332 counties with 1 or less ACA insurers in 2018, or more than 2 orders of magnitude different than what CBS has reported. For 2018, about 55% of counties had 1 insurer and 75% had 1 or 2…
Some major players, such as Anthem, plan to no longer offer coverage in many places next year in part because of uncertainty about federal policy. But Centene, another insurer, is expanding its coverage areas. So its not really a problem? Facts: In two more years, there will be no Individual Market Health Insurers in the United States! Draw the trend line yourself! For 2018, about 55% of counties have zero to two insurers. Dozens of counties, including almost the entire…
Some major players, such as Anthem, plan to no longer offer coverage in many places next year in part because of uncertainty about federal policy. But Centene, another insurer, is expanding its coverage areas. So its not really a problem? Facts: In two more years, there will be no Individual Market Health Insurers in the United States! Draw the trend line yourself! For 2018, about 55% of counties have zero to two insurers. Dozens of counties, including almost the entire…
(Note – this post is about the media – not about the candidates or the political parties). Actual headlines: “In blood red Montana, ObamaCare repeal to blame for close race” “Montana house race is a gauge on Trump, test for Democrats” “House elections to test whether Trump is hurting Republicans” “A populist test in Trump country“ NY Times: “The Montana contest was the second special House election this year in a conservative district…” and further spins, near the end of…
This post is about how social media propaganda appeared immediately after a proposed House bill was passed, then spread like wildfire, and was mostly not true. The NY Times reviews the main social media propaganda memes and how their messages are extreme exaggerations, distortions or outright lies. I have not looked at the bill because I doubt its going anywhere and no need for me to waste time on that. We were ObamaCare consumers starting in 2014 until our insurance…