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Hawaii

Hawaii flushing $205M on failed Obamacare exchange does not dethrone the reigning champs: Oregon, $305M for a site that never even launched. — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 12, 2015

It's time now for your monthly reminder that Obamacare neither " working in the real world ," " proving its critics wrong ," nor " blowing away expectations :" higher taxes ): "The Connect for Health Colorado board of directorsas federal grants run out later this year. The state health insurance exchange raised the fee on 2016 plans purchased through its marketplace from the current 1.4 percent of premiums to 3.5 percent, the same rate charged on the federal exchange...Although insurance carriers pay the fees to the exchange,...The fee increases are projected to help bring revenues to about $40 million in fiscal year 2015-16. It would cover operational expenses, but not capital costs, such as improving the computer system…" hurting hospitals ): "While Kentucky has gained national prominence as the only Southern state to fully embrace Obamacare,. The Kentucky Hospital Association outlined its concerns in a report released Friday called 'Code Blue,' saying payment cuts to hospitals are expected to reach nearly $7 billion through 2024. 'Kentucky hospitals will lose more money under the Affordable Care Act than they gain in revenue from expanded coverage,' it said, experiencing a net loss of $1 billion by 2020...." lack of affordability, 'tepid' enrollment ): "After using most of $1 billion in federal start-up money, California's Obamacare exchange is preparing to go on a diet. That financial reality is reflected in Covered California's proposed budget, released Wednesday, as well as a reduced forecast calling for 2016 enrollment of fewer than 1.5 million people. The recalibration comes after tepid enrollment growth for California during the second year of the Affordable Care Act.. A number of factors contributed to the shortfall, but health policy experts said that." abject failure ): "Despite over $205 million in federal taxpayer funding,...According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser the Hawaii Health Connector will stop taking new enrollees on Friday and plans to begin migrating to the federally run Healthcare.gov. Outreach services will end by May 31, all technology will be transferred to the state by September 30, and its workforce will be eliminated by February 28. While the exchange has struggled since its creation, it is not for lack of funding.. Despite this generous funding, the exchange has underperformed from day one. In its first year, Hawaii enrolled only 8,592 individuals…" Hawaii joints Massachusetts and Oregon among the states that wasted hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars on utterly failed exchanges. A reminder from Phil Kerpen Incidentally, every state mentioned in this post was governed by enthusiastic, Obamacare-supporting Democrats during the law's implementation, undermining liberals' excuse that nihilistic and obstructionist Republicans are to blame for the " Affordable " Care Act's myriad failures. Several of the states included -- Kentucky and California, in particular -- have been touted as prime examples of state-level successes by supporters of the law.