Posted on 01/11/2014 5:30:51 AM PST by tobyhill
Many insurers should know by Friday how many of the 2 million-plus Obamacare sign-ups have actually converted into premium-paying customers. Yet an array of payment deadline extensions by other plans means that what critics have been demanding — a full count of Americans insured under Obamacare — won’t be available until next month.
Companies are scrambling to ensure that individuals who committed to plans online in fact put their money where their mice are. They’re staffing call centers and even making robocalls to get procrastinators to finalize their first premium payment.
But the effort has been complicated by several dysfunctional state exchanges and, of course, by the massive early troubles of HealthCare.gov. Well into November, the federal portal was failing to send many people’s enrollment files to insurers or, in even more cases, sending files with errors, making it difficult or impossible for insurers to follow up.
Health plans and experts said Thursday that a significant number of those who signed up — perhaps as many as half — still had not paid. But they emphasized that customers’ lag was not surprising given the surge of people who enrolled just before the Dec. 24 deadline and the time it takes to receive their files from the exchanges, send out bills and get payments in return. Last month’s big push was for coverage beginning Jan. 1.
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I think you are correct; this was planned.
The same can be said of banking & mortgages before Jimmah Carter’s CRA.
Banks got upended with having to give mortgages to people who didn’t qualify to buy a T-shirt with payments.
ABC Sunday morning ticker says that a Calif lawmaker- unidentified, of course- wants to let illegals sign up for CaliforniaCare.
Which means that most of that information won’t be known until April 2015.
AFTER the 2014 elections............
During my time making a living as a doctor (1982-present), the percentage of uninsured who refuse to pay has risen dramatically. And this is when a valuable, and sometimes lifesaving service, has already been given.
There is ZERO chance that any substantial percentage of the current uninsured population are going to pay a dime - NOT A DIME - for their “Obamacare”, which they clearly believe is “free”.”””
ANOTHER explanation of what happens when you support 4-6 generations of takers with welfare & all the additional benefits.
The same One Size Fits All thinking out of Washington DC applies to all the “Roundabouts’ being put in all across the country.
Here in N Nevada, they are hated.
Roundabouts are awesome!
(at least if you drive a Miata)
Why of course! It’s FREE healthcare after all isn’t it? And it only helps to bolster Democrat voter rolls too! (/sarc)
No, these were “low info “ people. They really thought they could waltz right in and see a doctor. It got a little dicey with one. DIL thought she might have to call the cops.
One wonders if some of them will wise up and change their ways?
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