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Louise Norris

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

Could Copper be ACA’s new precious metal?
November 19, 2014 – For some consumers, Copper plans could be just right. This is particularly true among healthy people who don't qualify for subsidies and… Read more

Why exchange website users aren’t ‘bailing’
November 11, 2014 – We shouldn’t be surprised by the finding that half of the survey respondents aren’t planning to go back to the exchange during the 2015… Read more

ACA critics play the ‘rating game’ but it isn’t working
October 22, 2014 – Last spring, when it was obvious that Obamacare was meeting its enrollment targets for the first year, opponents of the law needed some new… Read more

Why your ACA health plan wasn’t cancelled
September 26, 2014 – Robert Graboyes says "it sounds odd" that actuarial value (AV) requirements will cause repeated policy cancellations. It "sounds odd"… Read more

Exchanges: too big to succeed?
April 13, 2014 – This is the time for brainstorming, but how much are we willing to change? Could we revamp the whole process if it meant a more… Read more