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Friday, October 30, 2015

I see, er, insure, Dead People

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Actually, this is a great idea: " An audit by the State Comptroller’s Office has revealed that hundreds of dead people were enrolle...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Gaba, Gaba Do!

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Meanwhile, on Twitter: One of the folks I follow is Charles Gaba, with whom I rarely agree, but who does offer rational, generally well-...

Training Day - Epilogue

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So, the other day I finished up my 2016 Federal Marketplace (Exchange) training. As I noted previously , this is mostly a re-hash of previ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Beating the horse

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FoIB Holly R tips us to this (unsurprising) news vicious lie: " ObamaCare Rates Revealed; Lowest-Cost Plans Jump 13% " To which ...

La plus ca change, HHS-style

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So, this past summer we noted that during last year's Open Enrollment season, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) had successfully ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Ooops, you trusted us!

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Talk about bait-and-switch: " The Obama administration said many consumers will see noticeable premium increases when buying health co...
Monday, October 26, 2015

So sorry, that's not covered

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Regular readers already know that struggling South Carolina CO-OP Consumers’ Choice Health has hit the skids , and that Wyoming's WIN...
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Easy come, easy go

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So this happened: " [T]he GAO report found that ... at least $1.6 billion [is] unaccounted for ." That's out of over $5 bil...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Interesting $Rx develpment:

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For those folks following the saga of the $750-per-dose Daraprim kerfluffle , there's been a rather dramatic new development: ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The 97% "Solution"

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The ObamaTax continues its run as a rousing success (for certain values of "success"). The stated premise was to get more peopl...

Our Betters in DC vs Reality

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As we've said before, Americans aren't as stupid as the rocket surgeons in DC seem to believe. Case in point: Billy Sewell, hea...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

CO-OP Secrets and Suits [UPDATED]

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Law suits, that is. Seems that our post yesterday about how the Centennial State CO-OP was circling the drain has some pushback: " Co...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Two more CO-OPS down the tubes

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So when the dust (finally) settles, will there be any left? One wonders: " The Colorado Division of Insurance today announced that ...

#LIAM2015 Epilogue

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So, last week I met with George's widow here at the office, and handed her the $250,000 check that had been faithfully delivered, as...

Unexpected! Dismal ACA enrollment ahead

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It will come as no surprise to regular IB readers that the outlook for Open Enrollment v3.0 isn't bright. What may be a surprise is t...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Now for some Co-op Bad News

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Another two Co-ops have called it quits. Several of these closings are directly related to not receiving funds from the risk corridor progra...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Finally: Some *Good* CO-OP news

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With all the disheartening CO-OP news lately, it's rather refreshing to find a reasonably sound one. And even better, one that I...

User Error: HIX Mea Culpa

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And now, the final (one hopes) chapter in my Exchange Training Saga 2016. The good news is that I heard back from CMS, and the issue...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

One Step Forward, 2+ Million Steps back

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Let's see: even with skyrocketing rates, CO-OPS closing, policies cancelled and networks shrinking, at least we can say that the Obam...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

TN CO-OP assumes Room Temperature

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And the hits just keep on comin': " Community Health Alliance (CHA) has voluntarily entered state-approved runoff and will not off...
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