Category Archives: Barack Obama

NY Times: Healthcare.gov was not going to work

Despite all the money and what is at stake, White House political leaders turning the project over to people who were given little direction and had little experience ensured failure. The story mentions that the fight over whether people would … Continue reading →

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Is Healthcare.gov secure?

I now have an official residence in North Carolina (as of last Thursday) so I decided to update my address and state of residency in my application. Because I’m making such an important change, it demands that I supply answers … Continue reading →

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Healthcare.gov v2.0

Cheeze! This morning I got an email telling me there was a function online, and it actually works (mostly) and is more close to what people expected. It has three steps: – see if you qualify for a subsidy – … Continue reading →

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Washington state grocery workers vote 98% to strike over Obamacare

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/11/obamacare-mandate-could-leave-grocery-workers-in-washington/ Today, if you are a unionized grocery store worker putting in 16 hrs a week, the union contract says you get health insurance. The unionized chains are saying they have to conform to the ACA and only offer health … Continue reading →

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The Smoking Gun

Finding out which states Blue Cross Blue shield is operating in took 5 seconds. AP? UPI? Politico? OPM Multistate map If healthcare.gov was working, all it could tell you is you can buy Blue Cross/shield in the states in blue, … Continue reading →

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Obamacare and Premium non-payment

This is huge. Bigger than anything I wrote about up until now. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/obamacares-biggest-wrong-collecting-the-premiums/ The people needing individual coverage who don’t have coverage today tend to be the types of people most likely to end up unable to pay their premiums… … Continue reading →

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Obamacare, the Next Chapter

Today, I got a bit more aggressive. It’s almost certain now that I’m moving to North Carolina and have to sort out my health care options fairly quickly. North Carolina has only two insurance companies that are active in the … Continue reading →

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Obamacare and “Special Registration”

Tom Marr is in for Mark Levin and was handed a softball issue and fumbled it. If Republicans want to kill Obamacare, it would help if they know a bit more about it. He was talking about the tax/penalty for … Continue reading →

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“Guarantee Issue” and Obamacare

The sticker shock people are experiencing for individual policies is due to guarantee issue. The underwriting has to assume that everyone applying has significant health problems. People who are healthy have to start paying premiums at a level that assumes … Continue reading →

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Healthcare.gov status update

I’ve been unable to even login all weekend, let alone see my “eligibility report”. Note that after it times out trying to access the authentication server, it does a redirect to the “server down” page, which doesn’t exist and gets … Continue reading →

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