State Exchanges Insist They Are Alive

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Public exchanges insist they


Many of the consumers who call Robinson are so confused that they think the “Affordable Care Act” is a different– and much better program – than Obamacare.


Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, said today at a press conference that his exchange already has received 43,616 individual and family coverage applications and processed 16,311, and that the small-group exchange division is working with 400 small employers.


New York state officials estimate their exchange enrolled about 40,000 people.

In Washington, exchange managers said they’ve processed 10,497 applications and already completed the processing needed to enroll 9,452 people in coverage – including 916 people in commercial exchange plan coverage.

In Kentucky, the state-based kynect system has received 14,755 completed applications and enrolled 6,946 people in coverage.

In Maryland, officials reported residents there created 13,532 exchange accounts and submitted 566 applications with eligibility determinations expected by Sunday.

 

[RayNY]

Yes, healthcare exchanges are alive.

So are coma patients on life support, doesn't mean the plug shouldn't be pulled before the costs pile up and everyone else involved gets hurt.

 

[taterpeeler]

sorry guys... the fed exchange works

 

[LGilmore]

In Washington so far, you can get about half way through before it locks up. You can call, but they won't take your call, an automated voice asks you to call back another time and hangs up.

It was progressing since the start but seems to have hit the wall and hasn't improved for the last 5 days.

 

[AllenChicago]

Update: May 1, 2015

After just 2 Open Enrollments, half of the State operated Exchange/Marketplaces are already facing financial troubles!

Here's what's being considered to solve their problems: "Many of the online exchanges are wrestling with surging costs, especially for balky technology and expensive customer call centers — and tepid enrollment numbers. To ease the fiscal distress, officials are considering 1.) raising fees on insurers, 2.) sharing costs with other states and 3.) pressing state lawmakers for cash infusions. 4.) Some are weighing turning over part or all of their troubled marketplaces to the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov, which now works smoothly."

"Sharing costs with other states" = LEECH.

Full Story: Almost half of Obamacare exchanges face financial struggles in the future - The Washington Post
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