Monday, October 28, 2013

How Many Have Enrolled in Obamacare?

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire  AP: "The Obama administration will face intense pressure next week to be more forthcoming about how many people have actually succeeded in enrolling for coverage in the new insurance markets. Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner is to testify during a House hearing Tuesday, followed Wednesday by Sebelius before the House Energy and Commerce Committee."

"Meanwhile, the New York Times reports economists and policy wonks behind the Affordable Care Act worry that the technical problems bedeviling the federal portal could become much more than an inconvenience. If young applicants "decide to put off or give up on buying coverage, rising prices and even a destabilized insurance market could result.' "

That NY Times article: Health Site’s Woes Could Dissuade Vital Enrollee: the Young and Healthy
Organizing For Action workers in Arlington, Va.,  inform the public
about the launch of Obamacare on Oct. 1.
 
"The economists and policy wonks behind the Affordable Care Act worry that the technical problems bedeviling the federal portal could become much more than an inconvenience. If applicants like Mr. Jackson decide to put off or give up on buying coverage, rising prices and even a destabilized insurance market could result."

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