Smile! You’ve Got Socialized Healthcare!
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Burns my buns gopher, if we don't help one another we don't deserve to suck air, period.
Yes, but why must it be gubmint that helps? Gubmint is just a big sinkhole and cesspool.
it's a good bet Rick Perry gets his medical insurance paid for by taxpayers in that state
Obamacare by the Numbers: What a Difference a Year Makes - NBC News
It's now clear that last year's disastrous rollout of the Obamacare health insurance exchanges will not be repeated. So far, people have been able to sign up with little or no trouble for private health insurance on the new exchanges that are the centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act.
More lives and money saved every day thanks to ACA.
It's now clear that last year's disastrous rollout of the Obamacare health insurance exchanges will not be repeated. So far, people have been able to sign up with little or no trouble for private health insurance on the new exchanges that are the centerpiece of the Affordable Care Act.
More lives and money saved every day thanks to ACA.
even in the states that did not expand Medicaid, more people are getting covered thanks to ACA:
Medicaid enrollments have surged even in non-expansion*states
more lives being saved every day thanks to ACA
Medicaid enrollments have surged even in non-expansion*states
more lives being saved every day thanks to ACA
ACA Signups: Bad news: I was off by 9%. Good news: I *underestimated* by 9%!
ACA Signups: Bad news: I was off by 9%. Good news: I *underestimated* by 9%!
Here's what I posted yesterday morning:
Today should be a big day in ACA enrollment news. It's the deadline for January enrollment in 2 more states (Massachusetts and Washington State). More to the point, the HHS Dept. is expected to release their 5th weekly "snapshot" report. This should be a big one, since it runs through 12/19, meaning it includes the big December 15th deadline which impacted all 37 states being run through HC.gov this year.
I don't know whether they'll just give the weekly numbers (through Friday the 19th) or if they'll also give a 12/15 number (remember, either one would be for HC.gov only, not including the 14 state-based exchanges).
I also don't know how they plan on reporting the millions of autorenewals which should have kicked in on Tuesday the 16th. If the snapshot runs through the 19th, they may be included in the "snapshot" total. Then again, they may be listed separately, or not at all. For all I know, some will be included but not others (it's possible that they've only processed a portion of them).
In other words, while I expect the reported HC.gov total through the 19th to be around 5.83 million QHP selections, that assumes that all autorenewals via the federal exchange are included. If they aren't, that number could be way "off" even if it proves accurate once all the dust settles.
It's also possible that instead of (or in addition to) the simple "weekly snapshot", HHS might even come out with the first fully-detailed monthly report like they did last year, which breaks the numbers out by state. If so, today will be very busy indeed.
Of course, even if they do so, I'm not sure if it will cover the full first month (11/15 - 12/15), which would make sense, or if it will cover the calendar month (11/15 - 11/30), which would be just plain irritating given that over 3 more weeks will have passed.
If they do release a full report (with state exchanges included), I expect the total to be around 1.24 million through 11/30 or 4.7 million through 12/15.
Anyway, it should be another frazzling day here at ACA Signups Central...
Well, they did not issue the monthly detailed report; that won't be posted until next week.
However, they did issue the weekly snapshot, and it did include all autorenewals (through the federal exchange, anyway). And they did mention (in passing) the HC.gov total as of 12/15 along with detailed 12/19 enrollments.
For 12/15, the HC.gov total was 3.4 million, vs. my estimate of 3.52M, so I was over by about 3.5%.
However, through 12/19, the total was...
—BREAKING: 6.4M QHPs as of 12/19 w/1.9M Renewals...on HC.gov ONLY!!
Wowzers. My estimate of 5.83M was under by about 9%. Details at the link, along with this follow-up:
—7,438,851 CONFIRMED QHP selections nationally; at least 6.3M renewals / 6.7M total
Some other state-level data came in after that, so I had to take a breather...
—Massachusetts: 67.7K QHPs, 117K Medicaid confirmed, PAYMENT DEADLINE EXTENDED
—Michigan: Holy Crap. Medicaid expansion now up to as much as 5% more than total eligible
...but after I had a chance to crunch the HC.gov numbers some more, I made a decision:
—Yes, I'm bumping up my January AND February enrollment estimates. HOWEVER...
In short, I'm bumping up my 12/23 estimate again from 8.1M to 8.65M, and increasing my 1/15 projection from 9.0M to a whopping 9.75M.
However, for now at least, I'm holding the 12.5M 2/15 figure steady. Details at the link.
More money and lives saved every day thanks to ACA.
Thank you President Obama!
ACA Signups: Bad news: I was off by 9%. Good news: I *underestimated* by 9%!
Here's what I posted yesterday morning:
Today should be a big day in ACA enrollment news. It's the deadline for January enrollment in 2 more states (Massachusetts and Washington State). More to the point, the HHS Dept. is expected to release their 5th weekly "snapshot" report. This should be a big one, since it runs through 12/19, meaning it includes the big December 15th deadline which impacted all 37 states being run through HC.gov this year.
I don't know whether they'll just give the weekly numbers (through Friday the 19th) or if they'll also give a 12/15 number (remember, either one would be for HC.gov only, not including the 14 state-based exchanges).
I also don't know how they plan on reporting the millions of autorenewals which should have kicked in on Tuesday the 16th. If the snapshot runs through the 19th, they may be included in the "snapshot" total. Then again, they may be listed separately, or not at all. For all I know, some will be included but not others (it's possible that they've only processed a portion of them).
In other words, while I expect the reported HC.gov total through the 19th to be around 5.83 million QHP selections, that assumes that all autorenewals via the federal exchange are included. If they aren't, that number could be way "off" even if it proves accurate once all the dust settles.
It's also possible that instead of (or in addition to) the simple "weekly snapshot", HHS might even come out with the first fully-detailed monthly report like they did last year, which breaks the numbers out by state. If so, today will be very busy indeed.
Of course, even if they do so, I'm not sure if it will cover the full first month (11/15 - 12/15), which would make sense, or if it will cover the calendar month (11/15 - 11/30), which would be just plain irritating given that over 3 more weeks will have passed.
If they do release a full report (with state exchanges included), I expect the total to be around 1.24 million through 11/30 or 4.7 million through 12/15.
Anyway, it should be another frazzling day here at ACA Signups Central...
Well, they did not issue the monthly detailed report; that won't be posted until next week.
However, they did issue the weekly snapshot, and it did include all autorenewals (through the federal exchange, anyway). And they did mention (in passing) the HC.gov total as of 12/15 along with detailed 12/19 enrollments.
For 12/15, the HC.gov total was 3.4 million, vs. my estimate of 3.52M, so I was over by about 3.5%.
However, through 12/19, the total was...
—BREAKING: 6.4M QHPs as of 12/19 w/1.9M Renewals...on HC.gov ONLY!!
Wowzers. My estimate of 5.83M was under by about 9%. Details at the link, along with this follow-up:
—7,438,851 CONFIRMED QHP selections nationally; at least 6.3M renewals / 6.7M total
Some other state-level data came in after that, so I had to take a breather...
—Massachusetts: 67.7K QHPs, 117K Medicaid confirmed, PAYMENT DEADLINE EXTENDED
—Michigan: Holy Crap. Medicaid expansion now up to as much as 5% more than total eligible
...but after I had a chance to crunch the HC.gov numbers some more, I made a decision:
—Yes, I'm bumping up my January AND February enrollment estimates. HOWEVER...
In short, I'm bumping up my 12/23 estimate again from 8.1M to 8.65M, and increasing my 1/15 projection from 9.0M to a whopping 9.75M.
However, for now at least, I'm holding the 12.5M 2/15 figure steady. Details at the link.
More money and lives saved every day thanks to ACA.
Thank you President Obama!
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Another Gruber voter... believes anything that the Dems feed them.
Get's this information by a blogger that calls himself "Brainwrap".
Another Gruber voter... believes anything that the Dems feed them.
Get's this information by a blogger that calls himself "Brainwrap".
The year in Obamacare = Unqualified SUCCESS
The year inÂ*Obamacare
The first full year of Obamacare implementation was pretty much an unqualified success, despite all the best efforts of Republicans to defeat it. The ongoing theme of 2014 was Obamacare working really, really well, and Republicans continuing to beat the repeal drum, and massively, laughably failing at every attempt to come up with a replacement plan.
A review of 12 months of Obamacare news shows just how baked in the theme of politics completely at odds with policy is. Head below the jump to see it unfold.
In January, the first Obamacare policies kicked in and even this stalwart opponent ended up calling it a "godsend." Sen. and rump House Speaker Ted Cruz tried again to shut down the government over funding the law, and failed, while House Republicans flailed around some more trying to figure out a replacement plan. Meanwhile, enrollments continued at a brisk pace while the Kochs continued to spend big to make people hate it.
Gallup issued a new survey in February showing that the number of uninsured people in the country dropped to a five year low. The "horror stories" from Republicans and opponents of the law continued to unravel, keeping fact-checkers fully employed.
House Republicans still bumbled along with trying to craft a replacement plan in March, a recurring theme for 2014. While they were fiddling, millions were signing up for insurance to beat the deadline. As a harbinger of things to come, the possibility of the U.S. Supreme Court considering a bogus challenge to federal subsidies in 36 states reared its head. That would be the challenge to subsidies being provided to people who purchase insurance on the federal exchange that 36 states use, because of some sloppy writing in the law.
In April health insurers crowed that they were providing insurance to millions more people, bursting a Republican hope balloon. The Koch ads, however, continued, as did the debunking. Gallup released a key report showing that the law was working really, really well, but mostly in the states that made an effort to make it work.
Of course, in May Republicans were still messing around with that whole "replace" thing and of course there were more debunked horror stories from the Kochs. At the same time, the slow down in health care spending became more pronounced, showing that the law was working beyond just getting more people insured. Speaking of which, final enrollment numbers from the government showed 8 million enrollments. Those numbers fluctuated through the year, because individual life changes mean insurance changes, but there could be no denying that the law did what it was supposed to do.
Gallup proved that in June, releasing another survey showing just how many people were no longer uninsured—the lowest rate in six years. Oh, and by the way, the law created jobs, as June's job report demonstrated. And that replacement plan? Yeah, right.
The big news in July was how much Medicare was saving, in large part thanks to the law. Well, that and the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision that actually came down the last day of June. In that ruling, the court ruled that employers get to dictate the health care choices of their female employees. Because freedom. Meanwhile, two of the biggest stakeholders in the law—insurance companies and hospitals—reported good profits from the law. Oh, and that ridiculous law suit by House Republicans against President Obama for doing that thing they tried to make happen was launched.
That good Medicare news kept on churning out in August, with the CBO having to revise their estimates—again—on Medicare spending. Medicaid enrollments topped 7 million, and leading the nation in reducing the rate of uninsured were two surprising states—Arkansas and Kentucky. That was thanks to Medicaid expansion.
September was a very, very good month. Three studies converged to show the lowest rate of uninsurance in years. A comprehensive study of premiums under Obamacare showed that they were affordable across the nation, and the first information on premiums for 2015 showed that rate hikes would continue to be very modest, and in some areas, premiums would in fact go down. Oh, and many more insurers were signing up to sell policies on the exchanges, increasing competition and helping to hold down premiums. And yet again, health care spending continued to slow.
In October it was definite: premiums were not going to skyrocket in 2015. Those affordable premiums are made even more so by the subsidies about 80 percent of people get to purchase insurance. That could change in 2015, though, thanks to the Supreme Court's October decision to hear that bogus challenge against the exchanges.
That bogus law suit House Republicans voted for back in July? They finally filed it at the end of November. Republicans, of course, swept the House and Senate, leaving Mitch McConnell holding the repeal bag, and no, they still don't have a replacement plan. They'll have to vote to repeal it in the face of the fact that people how have Obamacare overwhelmingly approve of the quality and the affordability of their new insurance. But McConnell has a plan, as he admitted in December: make the Supreme Court do it.
The end of the year finds the uninsured rate 30 percent lower this year than in 2013. And healthcare spending grew slower in 2013 than it had in the past 53 years. Oh, and the law helped save 50,000 lives because it's made hospitals safer. Enrollments have outpaced expectations, and it looks like the uninsured rate could reach historic lows by the end of this enrollment period.
Twelve months of Obamacare show that, despite all the politics, the policy continues to work and work very, very well. But you won't hear that from the traditional media, because the political story is the only one they seem capable of reporting any more.
The year inÂ*Obamacare
The first full year of Obamacare implementation was pretty much an unqualified success, despite all the best efforts of Republicans to defeat it. The ongoing theme of 2014 was Obamacare working really, really well, and Republicans continuing to beat the repeal drum, and massively, laughably failing at every attempt to come up with a replacement plan.
A review of 12 months of Obamacare news shows just how baked in the theme of politics completely at odds with policy is. Head below the jump to see it unfold.
In January, the first Obamacare policies kicked in and even this stalwart opponent ended up calling it a "godsend." Sen. and rump House Speaker Ted Cruz tried again to shut down the government over funding the law, and failed, while House Republicans flailed around some more trying to figure out a replacement plan. Meanwhile, enrollments continued at a brisk pace while the Kochs continued to spend big to make people hate it.
Gallup issued a new survey in February showing that the number of uninsured people in the country dropped to a five year low. The "horror stories" from Republicans and opponents of the law continued to unravel, keeping fact-checkers fully employed.
House Republicans still bumbled along with trying to craft a replacement plan in March, a recurring theme for 2014. While they were fiddling, millions were signing up for insurance to beat the deadline. As a harbinger of things to come, the possibility of the U.S. Supreme Court considering a bogus challenge to federal subsidies in 36 states reared its head. That would be the challenge to subsidies being provided to people who purchase insurance on the federal exchange that 36 states use, because of some sloppy writing in the law.
In April health insurers crowed that they were providing insurance to millions more people, bursting a Republican hope balloon. The Koch ads, however, continued, as did the debunking. Gallup released a key report showing that the law was working really, really well, but mostly in the states that made an effort to make it work.
Of course, in May Republicans were still messing around with that whole "replace" thing and of course there were more debunked horror stories from the Kochs. At the same time, the slow down in health care spending became more pronounced, showing that the law was working beyond just getting more people insured. Speaking of which, final enrollment numbers from the government showed 8 million enrollments. Those numbers fluctuated through the year, because individual life changes mean insurance changes, but there could be no denying that the law did what it was supposed to do.
Gallup proved that in June, releasing another survey showing just how many people were no longer uninsured—the lowest rate in six years. Oh, and by the way, the law created jobs, as June's job report demonstrated. And that replacement plan? Yeah, right.
The big news in July was how much Medicare was saving, in large part thanks to the law. Well, that and the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision that actually came down the last day of June. In that ruling, the court ruled that employers get to dictate the health care choices of their female employees. Because freedom. Meanwhile, two of the biggest stakeholders in the law—insurance companies and hospitals—reported good profits from the law. Oh, and that ridiculous law suit by House Republicans against President Obama for doing that thing they tried to make happen was launched.
That good Medicare news kept on churning out in August, with the CBO having to revise their estimates—again—on Medicare spending. Medicaid enrollments topped 7 million, and leading the nation in reducing the rate of uninsured were two surprising states—Arkansas and Kentucky. That was thanks to Medicaid expansion.
September was a very, very good month. Three studies converged to show the lowest rate of uninsurance in years. A comprehensive study of premiums under Obamacare showed that they were affordable across the nation, and the first information on premiums for 2015 showed that rate hikes would continue to be very modest, and in some areas, premiums would in fact go down. Oh, and many more insurers were signing up to sell policies on the exchanges, increasing competition and helping to hold down premiums. And yet again, health care spending continued to slow.
In October it was definite: premiums were not going to skyrocket in 2015. Those affordable premiums are made even more so by the subsidies about 80 percent of people get to purchase insurance. That could change in 2015, though, thanks to the Supreme Court's October decision to hear that bogus challenge against the exchanges.
That bogus law suit House Republicans voted for back in July? They finally filed it at the end of November. Republicans, of course, swept the House and Senate, leaving Mitch McConnell holding the repeal bag, and no, they still don't have a replacement plan. They'll have to vote to repeal it in the face of the fact that people how have Obamacare overwhelmingly approve of the quality and the affordability of their new insurance. But McConnell has a plan, as he admitted in December: make the Supreme Court do it.
The end of the year finds the uninsured rate 30 percent lower this year than in 2013. And healthcare spending grew slower in 2013 than it had in the past 53 years. Oh, and the law helped save 50,000 lives because it's made hospitals safer. Enrollments have outpaced expectations, and it looks like the uninsured rate could reach historic lows by the end of this enrollment period.
Twelve months of Obamacare show that, despite all the politics, the policy continues to work and work very, very well. But you won't hear that from the traditional media, because the political story is the only one they seem capable of reporting any more.
The title of the publication implies that there are non-vocal progressives. I ain't buying it.
There's nothing like the TRUTH to shut down the delusional right wing
Yes, and the truth that the ACA does not provide, nor was even designed to provide universal coverage, that it has yet to demonstrate that it improves outcomes, and that thus far it has not reduced costs significantly.
Three goals:
Universal coverage - fail.
Improved outcomes - jury's out.
Reduced cost - jury's out.
Not a good idea to declare victory at halftime. Unless you're the kind of person who thinks capitalising "truth" makes it more true.