The Medicaid Controversy––The Republican Governors Should Put Up Or Shut Up

Indiana, New Mexico, and Wisconsin are asking the federal government to exempt people making between 100% and 133% of the poverty level fro...

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Will Many Of The Smallest Employers Circumvent The Affordable Care Act By Using Self-Insurance?

Not surprisingly, only about 10% of firms with fewer than 200 workers take advantage of self-insurance––and almost no very small groups (few...

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More Predictions Of Rate Shock Because Of The New Health Law

Last week, I reported on my informal survey of health insurance companies and their estimate for how much rates will rise on account of the ...

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Christie Removes Another Republican Excuse For Passing On The Medicaid Expansion

The New Jersey Governor became the eighth Republican to take the Medicaid expansion deal. What I found notable is that he essentially mimi...

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The Cost To Launch The California Health Insurance Exchange Is $910 Million––Does That Sound Like A Lot To You?

So far California has received $910 million in federal grants to launch its new health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act (&q...

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Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies Will Be Granted On The Gaji System!––Is There Something Wrong With Obamacare's Federal Data Hub?

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

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People Who Haven't Filed A Tax Return To Get Unverified Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies

The head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Marilyn Tavenner, is out with a "Myths vs. Fact" clarification memo regarding t...

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Obamacare Small Ball––The Republicans Are Winning The Battle Over The Big Idea

Last week the President waded directly into the national debate over "ObamaCare" by calling a big media event in the East Room of ...

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Oregon Delays Key Element Of Insurance Exchange––Good For Them!

Five years from now no one will remember if their "Obamacare" health insurance exchange launched on October 1. The state-run Ore...

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

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 enla...

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Benefit Shock? Consumers Will Be Surrpised By What They Find On The New Obamacare Health Insurance Exchanges

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 &...

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The Affordable Health Care Act's Launch On October 1St––So How Did It Go?

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 O...

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

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

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How Many People Have Signed Up For Health Insurance On The Federal Health Insurance Exchanges?

Based upon my survey of a large number of health plans accounting for substantial market share in the 36 states the federal insurance exchan...

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Obamacare Is A Bit Like The Astronaut On Top Of The Rocket

Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein and I spoke about the Obamacare rollout yesterday afternoon. Here is his column from today's Was...

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Week Two Of The Obamacare Federal Health Insurance Exchange Rollout––No Improvement

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

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

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

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Should The Administration Shut The Obamacare Computer System Down? That Depends Upon What's Going On Behind The Curtain

My sense is that the biggest reason Obamacare is now in trouble is because of the top-secret way in which the administration has handled t...

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

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 Whi...

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Healthcare.Gov Is In De Facto Shutdown

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

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

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

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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?

The good news is that it appears the adults are finally in charge of healthcare.gov. This week, the administration put a seasoned and trus...

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