Posted on 09/13/2013 9:55:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
With fewer than three weeks until the kickoff of the new Obamacare health-insurance exchange, Florida's 3.8 million uninsured residents still don't have answers to key questions, such as how much will the plans cost, what they will cover and how to sign up.
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature opted not to participate directly in Obamacare, making Florida one of 26 states that have left it to the federal government to set up the online "exchange" that will enable individuals and families to purchase subsidized coverage.
Obamacare requires that most uninsured people purchase coverage — either through their jobs, an agent or the exchange — by Jan. 1 or pay a tax. That means Floridians will have to pick, apply for and receive a policy by Dec. 15 in order to be enrolled by the Jan. 1 deadline.
The exchange goes live — meaning that's when people can sign up — on Oct. 1, and there might be no details until then.
"We probably won't be able to see this information before Oct. 1," predicted Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which has been closely following developments in Florida and elsewhere. "In some states the rates and plans and information have been available earlier. But for most of the states in the federal marketplace, it's looking like Oct. 1."
So what's causing the delay?
The federal government didn't hand out until last month $8.2 million in grant money supposed to pay for "navigators" who will both help people sign up for coverage and spearhead volunteer efforts. And the state's Office of Insurance Regulation, which must sign off on policies to be issued through the exchange, now says only it will meet the Oct. 1 deadline.
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I wonder how the Feds will control the inevitable black market health care? Maybe the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Seems they bought some ammo lately.
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