In Some States, Most Early Marketplace Enrollees Qualify For Medicaid
Tue 22 Oct 2013 02:46:52 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 4 replies
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Kaiser Health News ^ | October 22, 2013 | By Phil Galewitz
In several states, most of the people enrolling through new online insurance marketplaces are signing on to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for the poor. The reason? Many of the uninsured are poor, and applicants don’t have to pay anything to sign up for Medicaid. Shoppers applying for private health coverage through the marketplace have to pay their first monthly premium before they are fully enrolled. Their first payment must be made by Dec. 15 for coverage to take effect Jan. 1. About 30,000 of the more than 35,000 people enrolled in the Washington exchange have signed up for...
Oregon ACA exchange still 0 for October
Fri 25 Oct 2013 04:22:45 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 16 replies
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Hot Air ^ | October 25, 2013 | Ed Morrissey
Just a friendly reminder that ObamaCare problems aren’t just limited to the federal exchange. In Oregon, the state-run exchange has yet to enroll even one person yet, and no one is really sure when that will change: Officials for Oregon’s health insurance exchange on Thursday reported some progress, but acknowledged a major fix to the problem-plagued site may not happen this month as hoped.The website still has not enrolled anyone. Earlier this month officials at Cover Oregon said they expected the site to let insurance agents and certified application assisters to enroll people by Halloween. Spokesman Michael Cox said that...