Posted on 12/16/2013 11:02:59 AM PST by Starman417
Undocumented immigrants are expected to make up a larger share of Connecticut's uninsured population next year, putting "new financial pressures on safety-net hospitals" that provide emergency care to everyone, state and national health experts predict.The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides coverage options for legal immigrants, but those in the U.S. illegally cannot apply for Medicaid, even if they are poor, or buy coverage at Access Health CT (the new insurance marketplace), even if they have cash. That means undocumented residents without coverage will continue turning to local emergency departments for care at a time when Connecticut hospitals face the loss of millions of dollars in federal and state subsidies to help defray the cost of uncompensated care.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced this morning that nearly 365,000 Americans had signed up for private health insurance under Obamacare. The vast majority came from 14 states running their own insurance exchanges, while 137,000 came by way of HealthCare.gov, the much-faulted federal website that handles enrollment for the remaining states.But amid the rush to enroll as many people as possible by the Dec. 23 deadline, there’s a huge caveat that isn’t getting much public attention: In order for coverage to take effect on Jan. 1, enrollees must pay their first month’s premium on time. (The deadline varies somewhat by state and by insurer.)
That’s slow going, according to consultants and some insurers, raising the prospect that actual enrollment will be far lower than the figures HHS is releasing.
“There is also a lot of worrying going on over people making payments,” industry consultant Robert Laszewski wrote in an email. “One client reports only 15% have paid so far. It is still too early to know for sure what this means but we should expect some enrollment slippage come the payment due date.”
Nearly 15,000 enrollment records from Americans trying to sign up for Obamacare never made it to insurers — but the federal government does not know which records never made it to which insurer.The federal analysis merely compares the number of times Obamacare enrollees clicked “enroll” to the number of plans HealthCare.gov sent to insurers, according to The Washington Post. Consumers who send the vanishing enrollments, or “orphan files,” are not notified that their information has not been processed and an insurer did not receive sensitive financial and health-related data, meaning that they could be in for an unpleasant surprise when the Dec. 23 deadline — the last day for customers to sign up for health insurance — comes and goes.
But government officials insist that less than one percent of enrollments disappeared into cyberspace since early December, even though their data does not include duplicated and erroneous enrollments.
But the third plank in the triad of disinformation hasn’t gotten much attention: Obamacare will save you, me, and the country a lot of money. This lie took several forms.
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We need the boom (figurative, of course), not an endlessly supine citizenry that watches Obama disassemble the country.
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Illegal aliens can buy private health insurance. They should be mandated to have health insurance and be allowed to buy from an exchange, only no subsidy.
LOL
this is their idea of “success”?
They are not mandated, the fines do not apply to them and they probably will get a subsidy if they do sign up
Stop treating the damned illegals and there won’t be any pressure at all.Force them to pay upfront for any treatment they receive.
We tax payers shouldn’t be getting stuck with the bill.Thats what created this health care fiasco in the first place.
Mike Castle voted for the Dream Act. Angle and O’Donnell helped scare the crap out of RINOs to kill it in the senate.
... only 15% have paid so far....
0.15 x (365,000 - 15,000) = 52,500 people
= = =
Historical failure.
There is going to be a great deal of anger and confusion starting in January.
If Illegals were to get health insurance payments and at the same time car insurance payments..soon they would be making no payments.We would hear do I eat or pay car insurance ,we select to eat.We would make healthcare payments, but we need to eat so, we cannot pay.
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