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Obamacare payment to insurers $2.5 billion less than expected

Reneging on previous promises and guarantees, the federal government has decided to short insurance companies out of billions of dollars agreed to under Obamacare.

OCTOBER 7, 2015 BY KRISTINA RIBALI

The Washington Examiner reports that, “Insurers learned late Thursday that they’l...

Big shortfall in Obamacare risk program could hurt insurers

A key federal program designed to cushion health insurers' risks in the Obamacare exchanges has a massive shortfall, which could throw some insurers into financial turmoil.

By Tami Luhby   @Luhby

Insurers requested $2.87 billion in so-called "risk corridors" payments for 2014, bu...

Obamacare is actually not so affordable -- unless you're broke

It's time for the Affordable Care Act to join a long list of oxymorons.

The Street

Simon Constable

Why? Because rather like "military intelligence," "cat proof," "government organization," and "simple calculus," the law better known as Obamacare turns out to be an inherent contra...

More than 20 percent of the people who signed up for Obamacare plans on state and federal exchanges for 2015 have since dropped their coverage.

Earlier this year, the Obama administration reported that 12.7 million had signed up for insurance on the exchanges. Roughly 22 percent of those individuals have since dropped coverage for various reasons, leaving 9.9 million paying customers on the exchanges as of the end of Jun...

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