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Mitch McConnell May Abandon Obamacare Repeal If Health Care Bill Fails Senate Vote
Tue, Jun 27th, 2017 at 1:42 pm
Senate Republicans want to put healthcare in the rearview mirror and move on to tax reform, which is why they may be setting the President up to fail by holding votes on a healthcare bill that doesn't have enough support to pass.


Obamacare is dying in Maryland too, and it isn't Trump's or Republicans' fault
Obamacare had a very rough week last week, with all insurers abandoning most of Iowa and another dropping out of the program in Virginia. But I missed the report from last week on the "death spiral" that insurers are worried about in Maryland.

Projecting that by year's end the company will have lost a total of $600 million since it started selling plans in the marketplaces four years ago, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield is requesting a greater than 50 percent rate increase in Maryland, a 35 percent increase in northern Virginia and a 29 percent increase in D.C.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacare-is-dying-in-maryland-too-and-it-isnt-trumps-or-republicans-fault/article/2622468

The race is on to see what happens first to Obamacare: will Congress kill the program, or will it self-destruct? An analysis of the Obamacare insurance market for 2018 by a health care think-tank makes the question academic.

That's because next year, consumers in more than 40% of all the counties in America will have only one insurer to choose if they purchase an Obamacare policy. That's up from 33% this year. Also, premium increases averaging 18% will drive even more people out of the market and keep the downward spiral of Obamacare going.

There are counties where there are currently no Obamacare insurance policies being sold, not one insurance company is stepping forward to fill the breach.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/06/obamacare_dying_even_without_congressional_repeal.html