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Our open enrollment hasn't started yet, so I am still waiting to see how badly we get dicked.
As to the enrollment numbers, just came across this article:
Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Fall Far Short Of Target
As to the enrollment numbers, just came across this article:
Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Fall Far Short Of Target
More than one month into the rollout of Obamacare, 106,185 people have chosen a private health insurance plan using the health care reform law's troubled exchanges, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday, the first time the Obama administration has given enrollment figures.
Technical problems besieging HealthCare.gov, the federal online portal for insurance in more than 30 states, and the websites for several state-run marketplaces have hampered sign-up and threaten to derail President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement. The Obama administration is far from meeting the Congressional Budget Office's projection of enrolling 7 million people into private insurance and 9 million people into Medicaid by March 31.
The disappointing results of the first phase of Affordable Care Act enrollment underscore the fragility of the new marketplaces and the urgent need for the Obama administration to get HealthCare.gov reliably functioning by the end of this month. The coverage of millions of people whose plans are being eliminated hangs in the balance, as does the prospect of fulfilling the promise of reducing the ranks of the 48 million Americans who have no health insurance.
More than 79,000 of the people who have selected an Obamacare plan did so using the health insurance exchanges in the 15 states and the District of Columbia that are operating their own marketplaces, compared to 26,794 who used the federally run exchanges, HHS reports. Not all of the more than 100,000 people tallied by the administration have taken the final necessary step and actually made the first payment for their coverage, which begins in January, the report indicates.
An additional 975,407 people have completed the application to determine whether they can receive subsidies and now have only to choose a health plan, the report says. More than 396,000 people using the exchanges have been deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan.
The administration has pleaded for patience, emphasizing that the enrollment period doesn't end for more than four months. Citing the precedents set by the rollout of the Massachusetts health insurance exchange in 2007 and the launch of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit in 2006, the White House maintains that Obamacare enrollment will surge in December and again near the end of March.
Technical problems besieging HealthCare.gov, the federal online portal for insurance in more than 30 states, and the websites for several state-run marketplaces have hampered sign-up and threaten to derail President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement. The Obama administration is far from meeting the Congressional Budget Office's projection of enrolling 7 million people into private insurance and 9 million people into Medicaid by March 31.
The disappointing results of the first phase of Affordable Care Act enrollment underscore the fragility of the new marketplaces and the urgent need for the Obama administration to get HealthCare.gov reliably functioning by the end of this month. The coverage of millions of people whose plans are being eliminated hangs in the balance, as does the prospect of fulfilling the promise of reducing the ranks of the 48 million Americans who have no health insurance.
More than 79,000 of the people who have selected an Obamacare plan did so using the health insurance exchanges in the 15 states and the District of Columbia that are operating their own marketplaces, compared to 26,794 who used the federally run exchanges, HHS reports. Not all of the more than 100,000 people tallied by the administration have taken the final necessary step and actually made the first payment for their coverage, which begins in January, the report indicates.
An additional 975,407 people have completed the application to determine whether they can receive subsidies and now have only to choose a health plan, the report says. More than 396,000 people using the exchanges have been deemed eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan.
The administration has pleaded for patience, emphasizing that the enrollment period doesn't end for more than four months. Citing the precedents set by the rollout of the Massachusetts health insurance exchange in 2007 and the launch of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit in 2006, the White House maintains that Obamacare enrollment will surge in December and again near the end of March.
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