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

MT @TIME: Code Red: Inside the nightmare launch of @HealthCareGov and the team that fixed it http://ti.me/1ft5PQs

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 @HHSIDEALab: New post by @sebelius on #HealthData .gov surpassing the 1,000 data set milestone. http://ow.ly/u2oXK

Medicaid Asset Rules and ACA

Medicaid Asset Rules And The Affordable Care Act

CO-OP Insurance and SHOP Exchanges

125,000 Immigrants Given Deferred Action Eligible For Medi-Cal

Limited Quality Improvement But No Cost Reduction In Medical Home Pilot

Poll: For Right Price, Consumers Will Accept Limited Choice Of Doctors, Hospitals

Why Most Small-Business Owners Will See Premiums Rise Under A.C.A.  

Infograph: Physicians and Medicare 

 

Challenges

1) Obama’s Vote-Getting Tactics Fall Short in Finding Uninsured 
Discouraging. 

2)Conflicting reports

California Health Insurance Enrollments Rise, but Hispanics Still Lag 

Latino Insurance Enrollment Picks Up In California, But …

3) Health Centers See Threat From 'Private Option' Medicaid

 4) Video: Friends with health Benefits
I think a well done video. Your thoughts?

5) As Deadline Nears, State Insurance Exchanges Still A Mixed Bag

6) Private Exchange Sees Surge In Health Care Enrollment

7) Doctors Urge Patience, And Longer Labor, To Reduce C-Sections

8) ACA Implementation in California:

Info on Maryland Health Insurance Program + more

 Info on Maryland Health Insurance Program
Maryland is using this for those who could not enroll prior to 1/1/14. 

Outreach maps from Enroll America http://www.enrollamerica.org/state-maps-and-info/outreach-maps/ 

Down to the County level

NYT: One in 5 Buyers of Insurance Under New Law Did Not Pay Premiums on Time

A January Exchange Enrollment Report  Fairly good month in January nationally. 

Consumer Reports / RWJ - INSURANCE SUBSIDY TOOL  A useful tool but not as useful as Steve Morse's site.  



  NYT: States Struggle to Add Latinos to Health Rolls

Some of the challenges

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

Lots of tweets about Bob Laszewski's post (http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/2014/02/is-obamacare-unraveling.html?spref=tw …). By my reading, it shows some major problems remain. Read the to-do list.

 Will Saving on Health Care Hurt the Economy?

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

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

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

MT @DrFriedenCDC: ~1 in 20 hospitalized patients get a healthcare-associated infection. How does your state rate? http://go.usa.gov/B2wW

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

Lots of tweets about Bob Laszewski's post (http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/2014/02/is-obamacare-unraveling.html?spref=tw …). By my reading, it shows some major problems remain. Read the to-do list.

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

MT @DeloitteHealth: Two common traits of well-performing state exchanges: simplicity & an abundance of testing. http://spr.ly/601656aq

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

Great headline, @sarahkliff! This is why we can’t have nice things — health costs edition http://wapo.st/1c7hk9H

Epic Fail: Where Four State Health Exchanges Went Wrong

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

.@HealthCareGov is up and running smoothly, but four state exchanges are struggling to get off the starting blocks. http://www.propublica.org/article/epic-fail-where-four-state-health-exchanges-went-wrong …

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

Balt Sun:State Lawmakers Now Want Briefings on Health Exchange 

PBS: Language Barrier, Immigration Status Keep Some Latinos From Health Care Enrollment 

Judy Solomon ‏@JudyCBPP 

Why repealing risk corridor payments makes no sense. Would increase the deficit and raise insurance premiums. http://bit.ly/1fHhFob

KFF: The Uninsured at the Starting Line: Findings from the 2013 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA 

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

 

Navigating the Application Process for Families that Include Immigrants

Navigating the Application Process for Families that Include ImmigrantsHere are the slides from today's webinar by CBPP. 

Can Telemedicine Keep Nursing Home Residents Out of the Hospital While Saving Medicare Money?

Obamacare Insurers May Be Forced To Add Medical Providers

Administration Drills Down To Find Uninsured

Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 

The big loser in the CBO release is the traditional media. "Textbook case of reading incomprehension." http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/05/1275314/-CBO-truthiness-infects-the-traditional-media …