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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Big jump seen in Medicaid signups
More than 6.3 million people have been determined eligible for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage since the October start of open enrollment, the Obama administration announced Wednesday — but it’s still impossible to say how many are newly insured because of Obamacare.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
WSJ | ObamaCare's Missing Uninsured
'I'm not going to walk away from 40 million people who have the chance to get health insurance for the first time," President Obama declared in November. Echoing his boss, White House press secretary Jay Carney insisted that millions of Americans are now "able to avail themselves of quality, affordable health insurance . . . many of them for the first time."
CATO | ObamaCare’s Ugly ‘Progress’
No one expects President Obama to say much about ObamaCare in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday — because there isn’t much good to say about his signature achievement.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Parents Pay More After Disabled Twins Lose Health Plans to Obamacare
A Michigan family of four, all with disabilities, unexpectedly lost some of their health coverage when Obamacare came online last fall, leaving them with $8,000 more in medical bills, The Bay City Times reports.