Wednesday, 15 January 2014

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Md. Continues To Wrestle Health Exchange Glitches

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:13 AM PST

What do you want? Stanley, 36, pleads with an Anoka County social service worker. Do you want my son to die? The messy rollout of MNsure, the states troubled online insurance exchange, just got messier for thousands of low-income Minnesotans (Serres, 1/15). The Denver Post : Audit Of Colorados Health-Care Exchange Program Underway A Republican lawmaker’s request to audit Colorado’s state health care exchange was viewed favorably Tuesday because an audit already is underway. Rep. Jared Wright of Fruitarequested the auditlate last year when reports surfaced that enrollments had fallen short of projections, there were problems with the website, and the CEO of Connect for Health Colorado asked for a raise and bonus. That request was later withdrawn (Bartels, 1/15).
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2014/January/15/news-about-exchanges.aspx

Study: Navigator Laws Limit Health Exchange Outreach

Posted: 14 Jan 2014 08:16 PM PST

AP Health Overhaul Spanish

Study: Navigator laws limit health exchange outreach Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY 11:19 a.m. EST January 14, 2014 Nine states have passed laws limiting how health care “navigators” can help customers buy insurance and learn if they are eligible for federal help to pay for it. Yolanda Madrid of Miami, left, talks with navigator Daniela Campos while signing up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, in Miami. (Photo: Lynne Sladky, AP) Nine states have passed navigator laws and not expanded Medicaid Study was conducted by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services Health care enrollment data was released Monday by Department of Health and Human Services SHARE 377 CONNECT 120 TWEET 78 COMMENTEMAILMORE WASHINGTON States that have not expanded Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act and also passed laws limiting the ability of health care “navigators” to advise customers have compromised their residents’ ability to gain access to health care, a new study released Tuesday shows.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/14/navigator-laws-limit-health-outreach-efforts/4462759/

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