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Social Media Snapshot: Week of May 8, 2014

Social Media Snapshot: Week of May 8, 2014
May 16, 2014
Featured in this week’s curated (by The Market Institute) snapshot of Twitter:

“#FunFactFriday edition”: via Senator Orrin Hatch, Congressman Chris Murphy, Rep. John Flemming, The Urban Institute, Rep. Michael Burgess, MD, The Hill, Americans for Prosperity – Florida .

Twitter:

#FunFactFriday: GOP DOES have #Obamacare replacement. Hatch, @TomCoburn & @SenatorBurr’s plan here: http://t.co/Cb9CtfvQrJ #patientCAREact

— Senator Hatch Office (@SenOrrinHatch) May 9, 2014

In response:

@SenOrrinHatch @TomCoburn @SenatorBurr Wake up people! repub may be your only hope in these troubled times!

— Ann Oliveri (@grammieo) May 9, 2014


GOP Faces Big Dilemma As Its Obamacare War Fizzles: What Next? http://t.co/7PpKrACc3s #ACAworks

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 9, 2014

In response:

@ChrisMurphyCT @DeptVetAffairs http://t.co/RC5eIzTROO Tell old vets about there 24month clause that will deny there benefits.

— HIMMER (@RonaldHimmer) May 9, 2014


#Obamacare still can’t deliver on its promises. Access for the growing number of Medicaid patients getting difficult http://t.co/BxEKQdawS2

— John Fleming (@RepFleming) May 9, 2014


New paper funded by @RWJF: Why not just eliminate the employer mandate? http://t.co/t8pFgfvgft #ACA

— Urban Institute (@urbaninstitute) May 9, 2014


Obamacare’s Insurance Cancellations: A Feature, Not a Bug http://t.co/Tl1oqTzsbN #ACA

— Tea Party Education (@TeaPartyEdu) May 7, 2014


As a physician, I’ll ask the witnesses who will be on the hook when people can’t pay premiums. I’m concerned it’ll be the docs.#SubOversight

— Michael Burgess, MD (@michaelcburgess) May 7, 2014

In response:

@michaelcburgess And hospitals.Insurance companies are pulling MD payments for care provided during grace period when plan terms for nonpay

— Rosarian (@Rosarian4) May 7, 2014


Excitement over healthcare spending may be overblown http://t.co/RPE8VlrvSR by @AlFaruque

— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2014


One size fits all doesn’t work when it comes to health care coverage! More here: http://t.co/yj69PzBx5P @thehill #ObamaCareFail

— AFP Florida (@AFPFlorida) May 9, 2014

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