President Obama's point person on the Affordable Care Act has resigned, a victim of the disastrous performance of the federal Obamacare web site. Kathleen Sebelius, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, will be replaced by Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell, an economist with little hands-on experience in the health care field. The resignation of Sebelius (pictured) was not a surprise as ... (More)
‘We will not be extending deadline’
March 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
Despite widespread speculation that the March 31 deadline for Obamacare would be pushed back, Covered California says that won't be happening. "It’s time to get the word out," Covered California executive director Peter Lee, left, wrote March 17. "Californians have until March 31 to be part of making history. We will not be extending the deadline." The White House, however, indicated that those who had technical problems meeting ... (More)
1/3 of Obamacare enrollees in Calif.
November 13, 2013 Leave a Comment
Covered California scored more than a third of the enrollments under the nation's Affordable Care Act in its first month, federal numbers show. The state health insurance exchange indicated 30,830 enrollments were logged during October. Federal numbers, however, showed 35,364 California enrollments through Nov. 2. Covered California's own figures for the first month of Obamacare policy sales said about 375,000 applications were ... (More)
24 states OK’d for health marketplaces
March 8, 2013 Leave a Comment
Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia have been cleared to establish Health Insurance Marketplaces under the sweeping Affordable Care Act. Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire and West Virginia are the latest states to get the green light to run State Partnership Marketplaces, the federal Health and Human Services department said. The exchanges will be open for business come Oct. 1. Under the health-insurance reform law, states ... (More)
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