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CT health exchange hopes to 200,000 enrollees(118K in Medicaid)
WFSB ^

Posted on 04/01/2014 1:35:30 PM PDT by matt04

Connecticut officials say the state's health insurance marketplace is on track to sign up about 200,000 people in health plans by the enrollment deadline, double the original goal of 100,000 individuals.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy visited Access Health CT office in Hartford on Monday. He urged people without coverage to spend the final hours before the midnight deadline enrolling online, calling the hotline or getting in line at one of the two storefronts operated by the marketplace, Access Health CT, in New Britain and New Haven.

Malloy said if people submit basic personal information by midnight, their applications can be completed in the coming days.

As of Sunday night, 191,961 people had signed up for coverage, with 74,000 in private health plans and the rest in government-funded Medicaid.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: aca; hartford; headcount; malloy; obama; obamacare
Only 74K sign up for private plans, the rest are now dependent on the Goverment.

I doubt CT release how may LOST lost their insurance thanks to ObamaCare.

1 posted on 04/01/2014 1:35:30 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04
He urged people without coverage to spend the final hours before the midnight deadline enrolling online, calling the hotline or getting in line at one of the two storefronts operated by the marketplace, Access Health CT, in New Britain and New Haven.

The spark and giddiness with which elected officials cheerlead for government servitude and the welfare state is nauseating at best and alarming at worst.

No prepared notes needed - they give themselves away with their enthusiasm for socialism.

2 posted on 04/01/2014 1:40:59 PM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The End)
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To: relictele
wo storefronts operated by the marketplace, Access Health CT, in New Britain and New Haven.

I'm sure the locations are just a coincidence. Right?

3 posted on 04/01/2014 1:45:46 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

Probably not too many for private insurance. CT was not so hard hit, as their insurance rates and plans were already heavily burdened by all kinds of mandates. As for Medicaid, like with most states, that is largely a transfer from the state-run Husky program which ended last year and folded into the state Medicaid program.


4 posted on 04/01/2014 1:59:17 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

I’m in CT. Used to have a CT Anthem plan for about $300 a month. Now that plan isn’t available and the cheapest Anthem plan available for me is over $500 a month with massive deductibles.

(I’m not eligible for subsidies and didn’t use the Exchange.)


5 posted on 04/01/2014 2:46:01 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: matt04

I am one of those who purchased a private plan in the exchange. I cancelled my self employed coverage because

1. Pricing slightly better
2. I like one of the providers better than the best priced business one
3. I could get subsidy if I have a bad year or if I do creative accounting.

So many self employed are just swapping plans. They are not picking up new insurance. I fully expect that I might do better without the exchange once the initial teaser rates are increased.


6 posted on 04/01/2014 4:17:50 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: matt04
I doubt CT release how may LOST lost their insurance thanks to ObamaCare. ,,

CT already had more liberal insurance coverage requirements than the Obama care. We were already paying for the unwanted coverages.

7 posted on 04/01/2014 4:19:32 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: 9YearLurker

I’m in CT also. Cheapest plan for me is about $300/ month. Factoring in thr deductables, I would be about 10k out of pocket before insurance pays.

That is assuming I could find a doctor, specialist, etc. that would accept the plan, should I have to use it. Needles to say, I’m not being that “affordable” plan.


8 posted on 04/01/2014 4:21:56 PM PDT by matt04
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Take a closer look at those deductibles. They are not for out patient care. Also, I found all of our regular DR’s were in the plan we chose.


9 posted on 04/01/2014 4:35:12 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: 9YearLurker
(I’m not eligible for subsidies and didn’t use the Exchange.)

Why not? If you're not taking subsidies, what's your beef?

10 posted on 04/01/2014 4:44:40 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

I’m a conscientious objector.

I also think they’re crappier plans than what’s still available in the regular market.


11 posted on 04/01/2014 4:55:09 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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“Why not? If you’re not taking subsidies, what’s your beef?”

I think the general consensus is that if you’re not getting a subsidy, you’re subsidizing someone else.


12 posted on 04/01/2014 5:04:43 PM PDT by PLMerite
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To: 9YearLurker
I also think they’re crappier plans than what’s still available in the regular market.

Have you looked? From my vantage point an unsubsidized plan in the exchange is no different from one outside the exchange. If it makes good economic sense, go for it, if not don't.

13 posted on 04/01/2014 7:22:04 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

Here’s one difference that applies to me, narrower networks for coverage inside the exchange:

http://ctmirror.org/latest-obamacare-confusion-exchange-plan-provider-networks/

There are other differences as well that make exchange-covered patients less desirable for providers. And an inevitability that costs will skyrocket because of the risk pool of those signing up.

Then of course there is still the greater big brother aspect to the exchange plans.


14 posted on 04/01/2014 11:05:47 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: matt04
PPACA requires that if you sign up on the healthcare.gov site (or the equivalent state run sites) and you do not qualify to purchase insurance on the exchange because your income is too low, the exchange has to sign you up for Medicaid, whether you want it or not.

"1311(d)(4)The Exchange shall [...] (F) in accordance with section 1413, inform individuals of eligibility requirements for the medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act, the CHIP program under title XXI of such Act, or any applicable State or local public program and if through screening of the application by the Exchange, the Exchange determines that such individuals are eligible for any such program, enroll such individuals in such program; "

15 posted on 04/04/2014 10:41:39 AM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: Raycpa

Be cautious.

If you income drops below a certain amount in a year you could be automatically signed up for Medicaid, in which case your assets are liable to ‘asset recovery’.

This is a danger for those who are self employed or have erratic income from year to year or those on commission who have a bad year (or who were sick and couldn’t make their regular income) or people who were laid off and had a low income until they could find a another job.


16 posted on 04/04/2014 10:46:52 AM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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