State Obamacare exchanges enroll 3 pct of target so far
Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:08pm EST

Nov 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's healthcare reform has reached only about 3 percent of its enrollment target for 2014 in 12 U.S. states where new online health insurance marketplaces are mostly working smoothly, a report released on Monday said.

States with functioning exchanges have signed up 49,100 people compared with the 1.4 million people expected to be enrolled for 2014, according to the report by healthcare research and consultancy firm Avalere Health.

With enrollment in the federal HealthCare.gov website serving 36 states stalled by technical failures, the weak sign-ups for functioning insurance exchanges could be due to the administration's difficulty to promote the program as a success, Avalere said.

The government is due to release national enrollment figures for the month of October this week. Open enrollment ends March 31, 2014.

Supporters of Obamacare and health insurers fear that scant participation in the private insurance exchanges will prevent them from becoming a sustainable new individual market, including the right mix of young and healthy members to offset coverage for older, sick people.

Before the Oct. 1 launch of enrollment, policy experts had expected that Americans would sign up gradually to the new Obamacare plans, consistent with the roll out of other healthcare programs like Medicare's prescription drug program for the elderly in 2006, according to Avalere President Dan Mendelson.

The turnout in states with functioning marketplaces has so far been weak rather than gradual, according to Mendelson. This could mean HealthCare.gov's problems, which have prompted high-level oversight hearings led by Republican lawmakers, could be weighing on all states, he said

"The technical problems of the website and enrollment generally are causing the administration to go much slower on the positive messaging that is necessary to build enthusiasm for the law and that's an issue," Mendelson said.

Avalere looked at 11 of the 14 states and Washington D.C. that elected to build their own exchanges for individual insurance.

Some of the states included in the tally have also had technology problems along the way. Hawaii did not launch online enrollment until the middle of October. Vermont's governor has asked to extend current individual policies into March 2014 to give residents more time to shop because of issues on its state's site. Colorado and Minnesota have also experienced problems with their web sites.

Avalere's numbers are based on its own enrollment model and the Congressional Budget Office's 2014 forecast that 7 million people will enroll in the exchanges nationwide.

The 49,100 enrollments also include Medicaid sign-ups in Hawaii and Rhode Island, which did not provide a break-out, Avalere said. It based its numbers on public and press reports for the above mentioned states as well as Connecticut, the District of Colombia, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New York and Washington. (Reporting by Caroline Humer; editing by Andrew Hay)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/11/usa-healthcare-enrollment-idUSL2N0IW0XX20131111?feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssHealthcareNews&rpc=22

Like all failed government programs, they'll just keep throwing good mo ey after bad.

DOA Wrote:
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> Like all failed government programs, they'll just
> keep throwing good mo ey after bad.

Yep, that's right. They'll spend billions on fixing what is inherently flawed program, Obama will speechify, shift blame and accuse others of bad faith. And the taxpayer will be left holding the bag when Obamacare finally fails.

At some point will they scream No Mas?

Sherry Hogan Wrote:
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> DOA Wrote:
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> > Like all failed government programs, they'll
> just
> > keep throwing good mo ey after bad.
>
> Yep, that's right. They'll spend billions on
> fixing what is inherently flawed program, Obama
> will speechify, shift blame and accuse others of
> bad faith. And the taxpayer will be left holding
> the bag when Obamacare finally fails.
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This is such a horrific law. Its ramifications have been terrible. I hope those people who have an illness and were DROPPED as a result of this miserable law are able to get coverage. Those are the folks I am worried about.

Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pellosi - how is it working out for you now???

It's working out great, but your spelling is horrendous and your anger is hilarious!

disgusted Wrote:
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> Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pellosi - how is it
> working out for you now???

Things are great for them. They dont have to deal with Obozocare and got to keep their current plans. This is how 3rd world countrys operate.

disgusted Wrote:
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> This is such a horrific law. Its ramifications
> have been terrible. I hope those people who have
> an illness and were DROPPED as a result of this
> miserable law are able to get coverage. Those are
> the folks I am worried about.
>
> Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pellosi - how is it
> working out for you now???

Its working out exactly how they wanted. More poor people means more votes for them.

This is making me depressed.

Thank God Obamacare covers mental health in their stupid shitty HMO plans with medicaid doctors.

That's so helpful.

Thanks Obama, you fucking asshole.

I'm pretty sure your caged birds are so depressed from the lack of freedom that they anxiously pull their feathers out before they wither and die.

If I had to look at that on a daily basis, I'd be depressed too.

The only reason they have 49,000 is there are government employees who will do it for you.

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> Things are great for them. They dont have to deal
> with Obozocare and got to keep their current
> plans. This is how 3rd world countrys operate.

That's completely wrong, of course. Look up the Grassley Amendment. It requires lawmakers themselves and staffers in their personal/official offices to exit the federal employee plan and get coverage instead through the exchanges established under PPACA. In fact, they will all be choosing from among several Gold Level plans available on the DC Small Business Health Options Program exchange.

49,100? I seem to recall Obama saying a few weeks ago that they wouldn't release the numbers until some time in the future. I guess at that time, the number must have been about 30,000. Is he now pounding his head on the desk in the oval office?

The Affordable Healthcare Act is dead ... and, will soon be gone!

Most were Medicaid

FUCK OBAMA

What's dead is fucking Cuccinelli. Obamacare is meanwhile here to stay. You assholes better just get used to it.

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> What's dead is fucking Cuccinelli. Obamacare is
> meanwhile here to stay. You assholes better just
> get used to it.


Actually, what's dead is everyone.

We will go the way of Europe, the dead burning their cities.

And, your asshole will be the first to die.

Go Obama

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> Stabitha Wrote:
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> > Things are great for them. They dont have to
> deal
> > with Obozocare and got to keep their current
> > plans. This is how 3rd world countrys operate.
>
> That's completely wrong, of course. Look up the
> Grassley Amendment. It requires lawmakers
> themselves and staffers in their personal/official
> offices to exit the federal employee plan and get
> coverage instead through the exchanges established
> under PPACA. In fact, they will all be choosing
> from among several Gold Level plans available on
> the DC Small Business Health Options Program
> exchange.


I guess you missed the part where they made a bs ruling later which lets members designate who are "official" staffers and subject to the rule versus "unofficial" and not. Unless they so designate staff, the rule does not apply. The deadline was 10/31 and most did not tag their staff as "official." Furthermore, it does not apply to committee staffers and other non-personal staffers.

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It’s up to lawmakers to declare whether their aides are “official office” staff or not, according to a memo sent Tuesday to all House offices by Daniel Strodel, the House’s chief administrative officer. “Official office” staff — aides paid entirely out of the member’s expense allowance — will be required to join the D.C. exchange. Members of Congress or their “designees” will decide “which staff work in the official office of each member.”

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> 49,100? I seem to recall Obama saying a few weeks
> ago that they wouldn't release the numbers until
> some time in the future. I guess at that time,
> the number must have been about 30,000. Is he now
> pounding his head on the desk in the oval office?
>
> The Affordable Healthcare Act is dead ... and,
> will soon be gone!


This is an estimate of the number for all of the separate state exchanges versus the Federal exchange. CA, NY, DC, KY, etc.

When so many peoples policies are cancelled in January, look for a bump in program participants.

Obobo will credit this not to the fact OboboCare forced insurers to cancel content and paying customers, but to "demand" for OboboCare.

This asshole lied to America, he will lie again.
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> the dead burning their cities.

Are you on drugs?

Actually, Actually... Wrote:
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> Actually... Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > Stabitha Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Things are great for them. They dont have to
> > deal
> > > with Obozocare and got to keep their current
> > > plans. This is how 3rd world countrys
> operate.
> >
> > That's completely wrong, of course. Look up
> the
> > Grassley Amendment. It requires lawmakers
> > themselves and staffers in their
> personal/official
> > offices to exit the federal employee plan and
> get
> > coverage instead through the exchanges
> established
> > under PPACA. In fact, they will all be choosing
> > from among several Gold Level plans available
> on
> > the DC Small Business Health Options Program
> > exchange.
>
>
> I guess you missed the part where they made a bs
> ruling later which lets members designate who are
> "official" staffers and subject to the rule versus
> "unofficial" and not. Unless they so designate
> staff, the rule does not apply. The deadline was
> 10/31 and most did not tag their staff as
> "official." Furthermore, it does not apply to
> committee staffers and other non-personal
> staffers.
>
>

Quote

> It’s up to lawmakers to declare whether their
> aides are “official office” staff or not,
> according to a memo sent Tuesday to all House
> offices by Daniel Strodel, the House’s chief
> administrative officer. “Official office”
> staff — aides paid entirely out of the
> member’s expense allowance — will be required
> to join the D.C. exchange. Members of Congress or
> their “designees” will decide “which staff
> work in the official office of each member.”
>

Nobody really thought that Congress would end up doing what they pretended that they were did they? lol

Other than a very few anyway. Do have to give them some credit.

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> Nobody really thought that Congress would end up
> doing what they pretended that they were did they?
> lol
>
> Other than a very few anyway. Do have to give
> them some credit.


Sadly as you can see in all the threads here about how theyre on the same plans a lot of people really do think they are. Obamacare would actually be a success if we could all have the congressional plans. It wouldnt work out economically but wed at least have good plans available.

You might look at this a different way. The states have signed up 820,000% more citizens than the US government reported figures (i.e. 6).

Only reason that it has not hit the goal is because crazy tea baggers and nut job republicans have ambushed the Affordable Healthcare Act.

Liberal Logic 29 Wrote:
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> disgusted Wrote:
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> > This is such a horrific law. Its ramifications
> > have been terrible. I hope those people who
> have
> > an illness and were DROPPED as a result of this
> > miserable law are able to get coverage. Those
> are
> > the folks I am worried about.
> >
> > Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pellosi - how is
> it
> > working out for you now???
>
> Its working out exactly how they wanted. More
> poor people means more votes for them.

Do you ever post up?
Go jerk yourself off, you'll feel better.