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Friday, March 21, 2014

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | States Holding Out on Medicaid Expansion Are Beginning to Crack
With 25 states and the District of Columbia opting in to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and another six in limbo, the tumult in a handful of holdout states is increasing. The White House hopes unrest in states like Florida, New Hampshire, Nebraska, and Maine will help turn the fight decidedly in their favor.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Fox Business | Millennials Share Why They Aren’t Signing Up for ObamaCare
The Obama Administration has been making its pitch to get millennials to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Ac since Oct. 1 employing a host of marketing tactics including the ad featuring a young man in a onesie sipping on hot chocolate in his pajamas encouraging his peers to get covered.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Have You Saved $2,500 Lately?
President Obama recently admitted that Obamacare will cause some Americans to lose their doctors. Some have suggested that his promise “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor” should be 2014’s “Lie of the Year.” But what about his promise that Obamacare would lower premiums by $2,500 per family?
Heritage Foundation | Guess How Many States Are Trying to Extend Their Obamacare Enrollment Deadlines
With only 11 days left in Obamacare’s open enrollment period, several states running the health law’s insurance exchanges are looking at ways to extend their enrollment deadlines for consumers who run into technical glitches.