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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Trying to Make Sense of the Covered California Numbers

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris November 24, 2013 0

I've read a number of reports in recent days gushing over the progress Covered California is making leading the nation in signing up people for Obamacare.

But, I am having trouble understanding how the numbers should make anyone gush with enthusiasm.

Covered California, the state health insurance exchange, has a goal of enrolling 500,000 to 700,000 subsidy eligible Californians by March 31,

"If You Like Your Doctor You Will Be Able to Keep Your Doctor. Period"

Quality Health Care

chris moris November 21, 2013 0

I think you can guess who said that.

Actually, here is what the President said at the American Medical Association Meeting in July, 2009��and likely lots more times:

"No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, your will keep your health plan. Period. No one will take it away. No

The Obamacare Rollout: The Administration Needs a Plan B��Now!

Private Insurance Exchanges

chris moris November 10, 2013 0

It is now becoming clear that the Obama administration will not have Health.care.gov fixed by December 1 so hundreds of thousands, or perhaps millions, of people will be able to smoothly enroll by January 1.

Why do I say that? Look at this from the administration spokesperson's daily Healthcare.gov progress report on Friday:

Essentially what is happening is people [those working on the fixes]

The Obamacare Rollout��Week Five

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris November 05, 2013 0

Enrollments continue to trickle in. Health plans, with the kind of market share that would have to sign-up 100,000 to 200,000 people for the administration to hit its goal of 7 million people, are generally reporting they have enrolled only about 100 - 200 people over the first 35 days via Healthcare.gov.
Does this mean no one wants to sign-up? No. People can argue about whether we will see the

The Commitment to Fix Obamacare's Computer Systems By December 1��Because It Can Be Done By Then or Because It Has To Be Done By Then?

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 26, 2013 0

The good news is that it appears the adults are finally in charge of healthcare.gov.

This week, the administration put a seasoned and trusted manager in charge of getting the Obamacare computer system working��Jeff Zients.

He quickly announced a methodical approach to the problem and that he had appointed one contractor to coordinate the daily work. Zients also appeared to be pretty open and

Just What Is an 834 Transaction? Why Is It Holding Up Obamacare? How Long Will This Take to Fix?

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 24, 2013 0

You have probably already heard that Obamacare has as many backroom problems as problems with the front end consumer web enrollment portal.

Insurance companies participating in the new health insurance exchanges are receiving detailed enrollment information for each of the very few people who have successfully enrolled through the 36 federally run health insurance exchanges.

But the problem is

"Healthcare.gov is in de facto shutdown"

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 23, 2013 0

Read my conversation with Ezra Klein today on the Washington Post WONKBLOG

The Obamacare Federal Health Insurance Exchanges��Week Three Status Report

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 22, 2013 0

I will be happy to have the Obama Administration do these status reports anytime they would like to takeover from me.

If I were in the White House spinning, I could report to you that enrollment in states run by the federal exchanges jumped 50% in the last few days.

Health plans that might have told me last week that they had enrolled 400 people since October 1 are now telling me they had a "

For Those of You Who Yesterday Didn't Believe My Federal Exchange Enrollment Estimates and Reports of Backroom Problems...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 18, 2013 0

You need to see today's Wall Street Journal front-page story, "Health Website Woes Widen as Insurers Get Wrong Data."

Here's an excerpt:

After realizing that some applications listed up to three spouses in a
single family, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska, which has about
50 health-law enrollees, had to "stop those enrollments from going
through the automated process," said Matt Leonard,

Week Two of the Obamacare Federal Health Insurance Exchange Rollout��No Improvement

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 17, 2013 0

There was no progress for the new federal health insurance exchange's information technology and enrollment challenges in its second week.

At the end of week two of the Obamacare launch, health plans were generally seeing no more enrollments per day then they saw in the first week.

As troubling, the backroom issues plaguing the connection between health insurers and the federal government had

"Obamacare is a bit like the astronaut on top of the rocket"

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 15, 2013 0

Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein and I spoke about the Obamacare rollout yesterday afternoon.

Here is his column from today's Washington Post:

�Obamacare is a bit like the astronaut on top of the rocket�
By Ezra Klein, Published: October 15 at 12:38 pm

Ezra Klein: You wrote about how the problems on the back-end
of the insurance portals, in the way they communicate with the systems
of

How Many People Have Signed Up For Health Insurance on the Federal Health Insurance Exchanges?

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 11, 2013 0

Based upon my survey of a large number of health plans accounting for substantial market share in the 36 states the federal insurance exchange is operating in, not more than about 5,000 individuals and families (about 10,000 people in total) signed-up for health insurance in the 36 states run by the Obama administration through Monday.

It is not uncommon for a major health insurer with a large

What Health Insurance Company Information Technology Executives Were Saying About the Obamacare Exchanges Last February

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 07, 2013 0

Were there signs the Obama administration was headed for trouble getting the insurance exchanges ready for October 1, 2014?

Last March, I did a post reviewing a survey of health insurance industry information technology executives' opinions on how well the Obama administration was doing toward launching the exchanges.

The federal health insurance exchange problems that have so far been obvious

Why the Federal Health Insurance Exchange and So Many State Exchanges Are Not Working

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

chris moris October 05, 2013 0

We may be getting a better idea why the federal exchange and so many state exchanges aren't working.

An article in Saturday's Baltimore Sun, regarding Maryland's problems, provides insight I have not seen elsewhere:

Problems began immediately after the exchange launched Tuesday, as people tried to create accounts and log onto the site.

State officials blamed the account creation process, in

The Affordable Health Care Act's Launch On October 1st��So How Did it Go?

Rate Shock

chris moris September 29, 2013 0

Unavoidably, that will be the big question come Tuesday.

But there will be much more to it than that.

A 180-Day Open Enrollment��Not a One-Day Open Enrollment
What happens on the first day, for good or bad, will constitute only a tiny percentage of the open enrollment period. Consumers will likely visit the new websites many times before they make any decisions, and that is exactly as it should

Benefit Shock? Consumers Will Be Surrpised By What They Find on the New "Obamacare" Health Insurance Exchanges

Rate Shock

chris moris September 18, 2013 0

Will we have rate shock?

It looks to me like consumers will have a choice when they get to look at the health plans available on the new "Obamacare" health insurance exchanges��rate shock or benefit shock.

While there has been lots of focus on the issue of rate shock, I will suggest that just as big an issue may well be benefit shock�that consumers will look at what they will be getting for

So If the Maryland Health Insurance Rates Are So Cheap Why Did I Get This Postcard From Maryland Blue Cross?

Rate Shock

chris moris September 16, 2013 0

That's what I wondered when I got this postcard; presumably sent to lots of people who live in Maryland:

In it, (click on card to enlarge) Maryland Blue Cross is telling me that; "I am invited to obtain a [health] plan right now with rates that may be significantly lower than reform-compliant plans [their emphasis]."

Are they suggesting there is rate shock coming?

I was surprised to get this

People Who Haven't Filed a Tax Return to Get Unverified Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies

Obamacare

chris moris July 10, 2013 0

The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Marilyn Tavenner, is out with a "Myths vs. Fact" clarification memo regarding the waiver of the employer mandate and whether the new health insurance exchanges will verify people's incomes when calculating subsidies.

I noted a couple of things in her memo.

Her memo indicates that the exchanges will request additional income information from a "

Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies Will Be Granted on the Honor System!��Is There Something Wrong With "ObamaCare's" Federal Data Hub?

Obamacare

chris moris July 07, 2013 0

Come October millions of people will be applying for tens of billions of dollars in federal health insurance premium subsidies on the honor system.

On the Friday after the Fourth of July��when the administration apparently hoped no one would be paying attention��the Obama administration dropped 606 pages of regulations. Buried inside was the news that that insurance exchanges can ignore any

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