So, we want to know why consumers, payers and employers are turning toward private exchanges. Could private exchanges be the alternative to Obamacare? Why are private health insurance exchanges gaining in popularity? What are the trepidations from an employer and payer perspective? How did they emerge? What are the features and benefits?
President announces enrollment numbers, changes to reverse insurance cancellations "we fumbled the rollout of this healthcare law" Following much speculation, president Obama presented the “official” Obamacare enrollment numbers on Thursday, November 15. He said, “In the first month, nearly a million people successfully completed an application for themselves or their families. Those applications represent more than 1.5 million people. Of those 1.5 million people, 106,000 of them have successfully signed up to get covered. Another 396,000 have the ability to gain access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.”
When Obamacare enrollment statistics are released later this week, the numbers are expected to fall far short of the administration’s initial projections. To date, an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 participants are reported to have enrolled via Healthcare.gov, the federally operated healthcare site, which currently serves 36 of the nation’s 50 states.
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Health insurance is expensive, but can you afford to go without? What about those unexpected healthcare costs - the trips to the emergency room, the car accident, the diagnosis of cancer? Can you really afford to take a gamble that these won't happen to you?
What makes up the federal deficit? What will the costs be by 2019? How are those costs paid? How do the exchange subsidies factor in? How about the Medicaid expansion? How about the individual and employer mandates or more appropriately the penalties for noncompliance?
How will Medicaid work with the new exchange? What changes have occurred as a result of the ACA?
On October 1st, the Obamacare Healthcare Exchanges went online. Below you will find information on how to log in and purchase coverage. I live in Tennessee and the information below is based upon that exchange.
Open enrollment for Medicare begins October 15, 2013 and extends through December 7, 2013. Do you know what the costs and coverages are? Do you understand Medigap policies? Is Medicare part of the health insurance marketplaces?