Health Care Reform – Page 12 – Healthy Skeptic

Aug 22 2013

Massachusetts Market Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Massachusetts has been the poster child for health care reform for several years and a recent report by the state reveals continued shortfalls of the outcomes to what was promised,…

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Aug 17 2013

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Providers are not happy that the reform law may require them to provide services for up to three months for patients who haven’t paid their premiums, and the providers would have little chance of collecting from the patients.

Aug 17 2013

nav

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The Administration is spending $67 million in grants to states for “navigators” for the wonderful new reform law that keeps having to have various parts delayed to avoid its flaws becoming obvious.

Aug 07 2013

hie

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eHealthInsurance has reached an agreement with HHS to be able to enroll people through the exchanges. This should be helpful to both the company and to HHS’ efforts to promote use of the exchanges.

Aug 02 2013

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Congress is attempting to exempt itself from the original requirement that it would have to buy insurance on the exchanges and to get very high premium subsidies. These people really have no shame.

Jul 31 2013

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According to the CBO, the delay of the employer mandate will cost the country about $12 billion.

Jul 25 2013

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The Administration is planning to spend as much as $684 million to market the wonder that is Obamacare. You could provide health care to a lot of people for that.

Jul 22 2013

Reform and Exchanges

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A lot of information and misinformation has been released lately in regard to the health insurance exchanges, the premiums for policies sold on those exchanges and who will be offering…

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Jul 22 2013

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A new survey conducted by LocumTenens suggests that doctors are confused about the reform law and dubious that it will be implemented on time or well.

Jul 17 2013

nyhi

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A New York Times article reports that individual health insurance rates may drop dramatically for some New Yorkers when the exchange opens this fall, but only 17,000 people currently have individual insurance in NY, due to onerous regulations, and the new plans may have lower benefits and narrower networks.

Jul 13 2013

sub

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Somewhat lost in the decision to defer the employer mandate for a year was the revelation that the exchanges also will not initially be able to verify people’s eligibility for subsidized coverage, potentially leading to massive fraud, although HHS assures us that this will not happen.

Jul 09 2013

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Yet another glitch in the reform law implementation means that smokers will not be charged higher premiums for at least the next year. Anyone still think this law was a good idea?

Jul 03 2013

Employer Mandate to be Delayed

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

In a clearly political move the Administration has apparently decided to delay the reform law's employer mandate until 2015. Which parts of the law will be delayed next?

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Jun 25 2013

Uh-oh, the Exchanges May Not Be Ready On Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The health insurance exchanges are a critical component of the expanded coverage that will supposedly ensue from the reform law. A Government Accountability Office report calls into question the readiness…

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Jun 23 2013

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By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HHS is claiming that consumers saved billions in premiums from health reform. Very misleading, because they are claiming the savings from MLR refunds after premiums have been hiked way up because of other parts of the law. Net net, consumers are paying more.

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