Tag: health insurance marketplace

Health insurance plans purchased by over one million Americans

G. Turner
health insurance enrollment

According to Obama, much of this figure came from the over 500,000 who signed up on the federal site this month. According to a statement made by President Barack Obama, over one million people have now purchased their health insurance plans on the exchanges across the country, with over half of that number coming from the federal HealthCare.gov website, throughout the month of December. Despite a very rocky start, it does look as though enrollment has considerably picked up. The president revealed hints at these figures that had been tightly…

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Health insurance exchange website transactions failed one out of ten times

Julie Campbell
America's health insurance plan

Before the repairs, even when the site was “working”, it was recording only nine tenths of enrollments Though the Obama administration must have sighed a bit of relief when the federal health insurance exchange website was repaired in time for the start of this month, it has now been revealed that the website had not been properly transmitting about 10 percent of all coverage applications. A spokesperson for the government revealed that site users were let down more than previously believed. At the end of November, the White House brought…

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Colorado health insurance is very far from meeting its enrollment needs

H. Cutner
Colorado Health Insurance

At the moment, only about 6,000 people have enrolled, but it requires over 136,000 to meet its goals. The Colorado health insurance exchange is well behind its goals for encouraging individuals throughout the state to enroll in their coverage in order to comply with the so called individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act. Far fewer consumers are purchasing the coverage that they need to comply with the healthcare reforms than expected. In fact, at the moment, the estimates of the Colorado health insurance exchange’s performance are that the enrollment…

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Health insurance exchange site failure warnings made in March

H. Cutner
health insurance website problem security alert computer

Consultants hired for the website cautioned federal officials about the site’s weaknesses early in the year. Documents that were recently released by congressional Republicans have revealed that the White House and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services received notification from the consultants hired by the federal government that the health insurance exchange website was at risk of failure. These warning notices were received by the federal government as early as March, this year. The warnings were made by McKinsey & Co., consultants that the federal government had hired.…

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California health insurance exchange shows healthy growth

S.Vagus
California Health Insurance Companies

State-run health insurance exchanges are faring better than their federal counterparts Throughout the U.S., relatively few people have enrolled in state-based health insurance exchanges. The majority of these exchanges are managed by the federal government, with only 12 states opting to run their own exchanges. Technical problems with the federal exchange network have kept many people from enrolling in exchanges properly, which is one of the reasons behind low enrollment numbers. States managing their own exchanges, however, have fared better in terms of enrollment, as is the case in California.…

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