I was on call for the go-live but was able to take a couple of days off work. I got no calls, and my e-mail back-log has only minor implementation concerns such as whether or not Doc X is in Mayhew Product Y as a new member wants to make sure she can see him …
You’re pathetic, now go away
The Red Pen is worried about access to doctors who are listed on the Exchange eligible directory but aren’t actually available: I’d still like a good answer to the wingnut attack vector about “doctors hate Obamacare.” The result, they say, is that doctors won’t take patients and that people who buy insurance on the exchanges …
Probable glitches for 1/1
Ezra Klein makes a good point about next week and Obamacare implementation — the mechanics are going to be messy: Jan. 1 isn’t likely to be a glitch-free day for Obamacare. There will be people who try to use their insurance and find they can’t, or it’s not the plan they meant to buy, or …
Useful links
Whatifpost.com is a healthcare blog that does a nice job of breaking down the Exchanges, especially for the people who don’t get a consistent salary: 5. For those living in states that don’t expand Medicaid: If you overestimate your income, you don’t have to repay anything True to the stereotype of the starving artist, many …
2009, Blue Dogs and 218
The National Journal reports the demise of the Blue Dogs as Rep Mathesion (D-UT) is retiring: Matheson’s retirement continues the decline of two overlapping Democratic groups: Blue Dogs and Democrats who opposed Nancy Pelosi’s bid to continue leading their caucus after the electoral shellacking of 2010. There are just 15 Blue Dog Democrats in the House …
Mandate exemption expansion
By training I was a policy guy. By career, I’m a symbolic analytical plumber. By hobby, I’m a political junkie. The recent announcement that individuals whose non-PPACA compliant individual plans are being cancelled on Jan. 1, 2014 is first and foremost a political decision with plumbing and policy impacts. Ezra Klein from earlier this week: …
Good news everybody
Via Politico: More than one million Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the first three weeks of December, including 500,000 through the federal exchange, President Barack Obama announced Friday. Via ABC News: The Obama administration says nearly 3.9 million people have qualified for coverage through the health care law’s …