Posts by month
December, 2014
Why enrollment deadlines could be cause for alarm
December 23, 2014 – ACA's open enrollment deadlines vary by state. Big deal? Depends on whether you want to wait another month for… Read more
Santa, please fix the ‘family glitch’
December 23, 2014 – There are somewhere between 2 and 4 million people who are impacted by the "family glitch" who are basically missing out on access to… Read more
Hanukkah Harry, enrollment transparency, please
December 22, 2014 – So what I'd like from Hanukkah Harry this year ... or going forward ... would be I know that recently HealthCare.gov has finally started… Read more
Santa, we need CSR subsidies for Bronze plans
December 21, 2014 – For low-income people Bronze plans are very rarely appropriate because the out-of-pocket costs are likely to be so high. Cost-sharing… Read more
Santa, please deliver single-payer healthcare
December 21, 2014 – "I think that our first step – especially at this holiday season – is to ask for a change of heart … that ultimately, you have to… Read more
Medicaid expansion for every state’s stocking?
December 20, 2014 – This is really a tragic situation where many, many low-income Americans are not eligible for financial help at all because they live in a… Read more
Santa, help keep the ‘affordable’ in ACA
December 20, 2014 – If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs it could mean that people buying insurance in 34 states – that's 4 1/2 million… Read more
Santa, please deliver relief from high deductibles
December 19, 2014 – What I'd like from Santa is for him to bring the American people some relief from the high deductibles that so many of us are having to… Read more
Your employer is dropping health coverage. Yay?
December 19, 2014 – If your employer drops your company-sponsored health insurance and sends you to the exchanges for coverage, everybody could… Read more
The Affordable Care Act’s ‘stealth subsidy’
December 3, 2014 – The Chicago Tribune devoted a whole feature to the plight of low-income buyers of high-deductible Bronze plans in Illinois without once… Read more
Bruised by the benchmark
December 2, 2014 – The volatility stems from the fact that subsidies, calculated to leave a buyer paying a fixed percentage of her income for monthly… Read more