The Health-Care Deadline Is This Saturday. Here’s What’s New This Time Around.
Open enrollment for ACA plans and some state Medicaid programs ends December 15th.
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A New Government Report Finds the Trump Administration Could Do a Better Job Running Healthcare.gov
In 2018, 8.7 million people bought their non-group health insurance through healthcare.gov—down from 9.2 million people in 2017.
Drowning in Backlog: Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion May Be a Victim of Its Own Success
With open enrollment over for private health insurance claims, states are struggling to process hundreds of thousands of Medicaid applications.
Judging Obamacare: How Do We Know If It’s a Success or a Failure?
Sign-ups were supposed to formally end yesterday, and attention is shifting from marketing to measuring whether the law is meetings its goals.
Smoking Mad: Tobacco Users Caught Up in Insurer’s Obamacare Glitch
After signing up for coverage and disclosing they were smokers, about 100 New Hampshire consumers, including Terry Wetherby, find their new Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield policies canceled because they were charged incorrect “non-smoker” rates.
During Final Obamacare Push, Is There Anything Worth Celebrating?
A fellow at American Enterprise Institute faults steps by the Obama administration to delay parts of the Affordable Care Act, saying they amount to dismantling the program in ways that will make it harder to sustain.
Epic Fail: Where 4 State Health Exchanges Went Wrong
Oregon, Minnesota, Maryland, and Massachusetts are still struggling to get back on track after a disastrous launch that makes HealthCare.gov look successful by comparison.
Can’t Get Through to Your Health Insurer? Vent on Twitter
Consumers sometimes find that complaints on social media get a faster response than calls or emails.
I Signed Up for Health Care and All I Got Was This, Well, I’m Not Really Sure Yet
One of the biggest issues with HealthCare.gov is that it still leaves too much responsibility with the individual.
As HealthCare.gov Rebounds, New Glitches Hit Medicaid Enrollments
Enrollees who don’t qualify for Medicaid are being told they do, and processing delays could keep some who are eligible for Medicaid out of the program in early 2014.