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Obamacare Is Killing North Carolina. BCBS NC Raises Rates AGAIN.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by A.P. Dillon

Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of North Carolina has just announced that in 2017 it will increase premiums for individual plans under Obamacare by an average 24.3 percent. This is higher than the 18.8% BCBS asked for in May.  BCBS is blaming this latest increase on … Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: Procrustes In America

Posted on March 9, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

My weekly column is up at Da Tech Guy blog. This is a reposting of Procrustes in America.

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By A.P. Dillon

Have you heard of the Greek myth of Procrustes? As the myth goes, Procrustes was a bandit and a metal smith from Attica and was also the son of Poseidon. His claim to fame was that he would attack people and force them to fit an iron bed. Procrustes would do so by either stretching their bodies out or cutting off limbs to make the person fit.

Procrustes is alive and well in the United States of America. Continue reading →

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NRSC to FOIA NC On #Obamacare Enrollments

Posted on January 17, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

On the heels of the revelation that Senator Mark Udall of Colorado pressured the Colorado Division of insurance to ‘revise’ their Obamacare enrollment numbers, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has announced it will FOIA similar agencies in different states, including North Carolina. From a newsletter from the NRSC via email, here is the relevant portion: Continue reading →

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My “CHAT” With An Obamacare Navigator….

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Liberty Speaks

My current insurance ends on December 31st and I’m not sure what insurance program I can or will be on. October 1st I went on to the Health Care Exchange site to “see what was in it”. (Kinda like Nancy Pelosi, but not). Continue reading →

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Obamacare Enrollment Success? Take a closer look

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Liberty Speaks

The highly controversial Affordable Care Act made it’s debut Tuesday, October 1st in a not-so-desirable fashion.
The enrollment has been riddled with wait times that make the DMV look like a fast food drive-thru and log in problems so severe that the majority of those trying to access the site just give up. Continue reading →

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