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To repair its troubled health care website, the Obama administration may need to add project workers with fresh talent, take portions of the system off line for days or weeks, and conduct more comprehensive tests to prevent crashes and delays, technology experts say.
Avalere Healths Elizabeth Carpenter urges everyone to remember the big picture, not just the Obamacare marketplace, but also on the broader health care system and how things are evolving.
A recent survey conducted by the National Business Group on Health shows surprisingly different results about employee ACA knowledge than a similar poll the organization commissioned in the summer.
Helen Darling, NBGH president and CEO, says about a third (32%) of employees surveyed also believe that the overall quality of their health care benefits will drop as the ACA begins to roll out.
As intelligence emerges about failed and rushed testing in the weeks leading up to the Oct. 1 launch of Healthcare.gov, an expert close to state-run exchanges says these issues may not be as easily fixed as the president alluded to on Monday.
The introduction was so rushed that, as recently as last week, the exchanges computer code contained placeholder language that programmers typically use in preliminary drafts.
One expert says the state systems do, by comparison, seem to be enjoying some smoother sailing, though major backlogs and service interruptions have been reported in systems from coast to coast.
President Barack Obama said the widespread flaws afflicting online insurance exchanges under his health care law represent only a portion of the program, as he sought to fend off critics of his signature legislative achievement.
The HHS says that despite the technology limitations almost 500,000 Americans have now submitted applications for health insurance through all 51 exchanges.
The shutdown is over and the debt ceiling has been vaulted, but those watching the deal come out of Congress say just because the ACA and employee benefits were largely left out of the fray, it doesnt mean they wont feature prominently in future budget debates.
The shutdown is over and the debt ceiling has been vaulted, but those watching the deal come out of Congress say just because Obamacare and employee benefits were largely left out of the fray, it doesnt mean they wont feature prominently in future budget debates.
After the partisan passions and heated rhetoric, the disruptions of a government shutdown and displays of dysfunction, Congress did what it could have done weeks ago: voted to fund the government and lift the debt limit.
Exactly how bad are things on the federal health care exchanges? Sundays New York Times brought a deeply reported piece from Robert Pear, Sharon LaFraniere and Ian Austen.
Ranging in size from 100 to 30,000 employees, the exchanges employers include Petco, Kinder Morgan and the Addison Group.
Eleven days into the federal government shutdown, employee benefits attorneys assess the short-term and long-term potential implications for your business and benefits strategy.
Real estate company Keller Williams is one of the latest big firms to announce its offering associates access to a private health care exchange. Keller Williams independently owned and operated offices employ about 89,000 real estate agents many of whom dont have health insurance across the country.
Recognizing the challenges (and headaches) involved in taking care of setting up their own benefits plans, a majority of small businesses say they recognize the need for an outside adviser to help.
California said 28,699 people were signed up in the states health insurance exchange in the first week, while New York had more than 40,000 sign up. But what did brokers have to say from the front lines?
Insurers are getting faulty and incomplete data from the new federal-run health exchange, which may mean some Americans wont be covered even after they sign up for an insurance plan.
Exchange prep, however, will go a long way to help employers prepare for the delayed employer mandate. Figure out whether you are an applicable large employer and if you are, start measuring. Otherwise, you could be left scrambling.
