ObamaCare in Vermont
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The New York Times has an unflinching look at the problems with ObamaCare in Vermont:

Despite an eventual cost of up to $200 million in federal funds, its online marketplace, or exchange, is still not fully functional, while disgust with the system is running deep among residents and lawmakers alike....

The bitterness stems partly from the fact that Vermont had some of the biggest elements of the Affordable Care Act in place long before it took effect. Health insurance companies here already could not refuse to cover people, or charge them more, if they had pre-existing medical conditions. The state also already had more generous Medicaid eligibility rules than most, and programs that helped lower-income people pay for private insurance, which made it less expensive for many than the new exchange plans.

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Ad Spending and the Health Care Law
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"Distaste for Health Care Law Reflects Spending on Ads," is the headline over a New York Times news article purporting to show that the reason polls show ObamaCare is unpopular is that opponents are spending more on commercials. Reports the Times:

even if the Obama administration wins in the nation's highest court, most evidence suggests it has lost miserably in the court of public opinion. National polls have consistently found the health care law has far more enemies than friends...

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ObamaCare in Vermont
futureofcapitalism.com

The New York Times has an unflinching look at the problems with ObamaCare in Vermont:

Despite an eventual cost of up to $200 million in federal funds, its online marketplace, or exchange, is still not fully functional, while disgust with the system is running deep among residents and lawmakers alike....

The bitterness stems partly from the fact that Vermont had some of the biggest elements of the Affordable Care Act in place long before it took effect. Health insurance companies here already could not refuse to cover people, or charge them more, if they had pre-existing medical conditions. The state also already had more generous Medicaid eligibility rules than most, and programs that helped lower-income people pay for private insurance, which made it less expensive for many than the new exchange plans.

Read More...

Ad Spending and the Health Care Law
futureofcapitalism.com

"Distaste for Health Care Law Reflects Spending on Ads," is the headline over a New York Times news article purporting to show that the reason polls show ObamaCare is unpopular is that opponents are spending more on commercials. Reports the Times:

even if the Obama administration wins in the nation's highest court, most evidence suggests it has lost miserably in the court of public opinion. National polls have consistently found the health care law has far more enemies than friends...

Read More...