Image 01 Image 03
Sign In or RegisterLogout

Search

Posted by Mandy Nagy on November 04, 2013 20 Comments
Since problems first impacted the troubled healthcare.gov website, officials have repeatedly told frustrated consumers that they may turn instead to alternative enrollment options, such as paper and phone applications.  But even those applications must rely on the same portal to determine eligibility, according to ABC...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 31, 2013 24 Comments
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and various senior officials got an earful in a meeting today from Senate Democrats frustrated over the troubled rollout of Obamacare.  The meeting also included CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner and Jeffrey Zients, who was appointed to oversee HealthCare.gov...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 30, 2013 38 Comments
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will testify Wednesday morning at 9:00am ET before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.  The session, entitled PPACA Implementation Failures: Answers from HHS, is expected to focus on issues with the troubled rollout of healthcare.gov and address questions...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 29, 2013 23 Comments
Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), will testify Tuesday morning before the House Ways and Means Committee about the administration’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act. A livestream of the hearing will be available at C-SPAN when the hearing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2013 82 Comments
Republicans repeatedly have made proposals to protect the public from the Obamacare disaster. Not just the substance of the law, but also the timing of the individual mandate. Way back when (i.e, about two weeks ago), Democrats called such proposals extortion, terrorism, suicide-bombing and legislative...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 18, 2013 27 Comments
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on October 24th to address the issues surrounding the health care law’s rollout.  The committee sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking that she appear before the committee to respond...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on October 12, 2013 16 Comments
More technology experts are warning that glitches in the Obamacare system could take longer to iron out, as many remain unable to get beyond the earliest steps in the signup process. From Politico: The glitch-plagued Obamacare rollout might be just the beginning: A series of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 09, 2013 28 Comments
Is this really a surprise, considering who is in charge? Via AP, Questionable design blamed for health website woes: A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse health overhaul insurance plans appears to have led to...
Accessibility by WAH