13.8M goal set for Obama's final health care signup season

Robin Buchanan
00:14, Oct 22, 2016
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At the news conference, HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell also predicted 13.8 million people will select marketplace plans in the fourth annual open enrollment period, which kicks off November 1 and runs through January 31, according to the report.

But until then, Burwell didn't have a real answer for what the federal government could do - or should do - to close the risky gap for many individuals in SC who cannot now afford Medicaid or insurance offered through the Affordable Care Act.

According to the new study, people who gained Medicaid visited the emergency room about 65 percent more often than individuals who did not gain Medicaid in the first six months - and the trend continued out to two years.

In a number of other states, there is scarcely more choice for customers. "You don't say, we're repealing smartphones".

Emma Dumain is The Post and Courier's Washington correspondent.

"I think it's yet another example of why economists - we're called the dismal science for a reason".

Bad news for those using the Affordable Care Act Marketplace in Arizona.

Despite the challenges, she said her department is projecting that enrollment through the health exchange will reach 13.8 million people this year, an increase of 1.1 million from the number now enrolled. Insurers are now raising rates to compensate.

"The question always has been, 'At what premium rate?'" he said. People across party lines have become increasingly aware that the number of options available to them next year will be lower while their prices are rising across the board.

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Rates are skyrocketing in some areas, though.

In all counties except Maricopa, Blue Cross Blue Shield will raise rates by 51 percent. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak called the increases "jaw-dropping". So while the Clinton web site doesn't address subsidies for this group, Howard said it's most likely the candidate is talking about states following the lead of California.

The increases do hurt those who buy insurance through an exchange but make too much to qualify for subsidies.

For policyholders whose insurance company will no longer offer coverage, the government is automatically matching them with another carrier's plan. The insurer has lost hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two years on its ACA business. That could leave patients with poorer quality treatment and fewer choices for doctors.

Yet two proposals could mean a lot to certain categories of New Jersey residents who now struggle with the cost of health insurance coverage, non-partisan healthcare experts say.

"At this point, one thing is clear".

"The public option, whether we have it or we don't have it, is not the entirety of health care reform", Obama said in August 2009 during a town hall-style meeting in Colorado, according to The New York Times. He challenged states to "show us ideas we haven't thought of", likely referring to the ACA provisions known as state innovation waivers, which allow states to design initiatives that achieve similar goals of the ACA. Sure. This is a complicated thing. "We have smart people in the administration", she added.

The lawsuit filed Monday in MS by the American Health Care Association calls the arbitration clause ban "arbitrary and capricious" and contests the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which drafted the rule, to regulate how nursing homes handle disputes. Those who receive subsidies could end up paying monthly premiums of less than $75, Burwell said. He pointed to a program in Seattle in which home health care workers faced an increased copay for using an emergency room, compared to urgent care. Some 9.2 million are projected to re-enroll.

Denying poor people basic mental health, medical and dental care simply because they can not pay the premium defies logic. "The American people deserve a health care system that actually meets their expectations".

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