Thursday, February 27, 2014

Inside the nightmare launch of @HealthCareGov and the team that fixed it

MT : Code Red: Inside the nightmare launch of and the team that fixed it

Signing up for Obamacare could someday take as little as 10 minutes

HHS makes use of HealthSherpa to simplify enrollment.  HealthSherpa is a good site, but it was not as good as SteveMorse.org/obamacare/obamacare.html.  However, Morse's site has not been given the features that Sherpa now has. 

Mixed Success So Far for Health Law’s Co-ops


Public Followed Coverage of the Affordable Care Act's Implementation More Than News About the Winter Olympics, But Less Than the Economy

Virtual Visits On The Rise

RT : New post by on .gov surpassing the 1,000 data set milestone.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Some of the challenges


Lots of tweets about Bob Laszewski's post (). By my reading, it shows some major problems remain. Read the to-do list.


Eight in 10 uninsured Latinos may qualify for Medicaid, CHIP or lower costs on monthly premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplace

 

The New York Times: Creators Still In Demand On Health Care Website


The Oregonian: Oregon Health Exchange May Soon Go Live, But Expect Bugs: Technological Troubles Explained

Friday, February 7, 2014

Who Are The Young Uninsured?

Who Are The Young Uninsured?

Maryland Health Connection 2/7 update

 NYT: A Certain Meanness of Argument, A Certain Superiority of Fact

NYT: A Missing Argument on Contraceptives


MT : ~1 in 20 hospitalized patients get a healthcare-associated infection. How does your state rate?

Lots of tweets about Bob Laszewski's post (). By my reading, it shows some major problems remain. Read the to-do list.

MT : Two common traits of well-performing state exchanges: simplicity & an abundance of testing.

Great headline, ! This is why we can’t have nice things — health costs edition




Epic Fail: Where Four State Health Exchanges Went Wrong


. is up and running smoothly, but four state exchanges are struggling to get off the starting blocks.

From all my sources, Maryland's has improved but still major problems.  



Why repealing risk corridor payments makes no sense. Would increase the deficit and raise insurance premiums.


Useful results on characteristics of low income population that can be helpful in reaching them.