NPR Share to Facebook (5/2, Whitney) reports in its “Shots” blog on the picture of the Affordable Care Act that emerged from new data released Thursday. When insurance enrollment on exchanges and through brokers and on Medicaid expansion is taken together, enrollment overall was 17.8 million or more people, although […]

The AP (5/3, Deslatte) reported that on Friday, the CMS “rejected Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s financing plans for the privatization of six state-owned hospitals that care for the poor and uninsured.” The article called this “a potentially significant blow to the state’s health care operations.” This could “create massive upheaval […]

The Washington Post (5/2, Millman) reported in its “Wonkblog” that after the release of 2014’s final enrollment report, we now “have a final look at what types of new health plans the 8 million Americans who signed up for Obamacare are choosing.” The blog notes that “the nearly 4 million […]

The Washington Examiner (5/4, Schow) cites reporting by The Hill in an account that the inspector general’s office for the Department of Housing and Urban Development said Friday it will investigate whether the agency “improperly promoted and implemented Obamacare.” The probe was requested by government accountability watchdog Cause of Action, […]

The Hill (5/3, Cox) reports in its “Floor Action” blog that Republicans are likely to “grill” HHS Secretary-nominee Sylvia Burwell on the Affordable Care Act in a nomination hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Moreover, some Republicans in the House are urging the Senate GOP members […]

The Daily Caller (5/3, Hurtubise) reports that “all state Obamacare exchanges but one failed to meet the percentage of young enrollees experts considered necessary to keep premiums low, despite the surge of sign-ups the last month.” The piece notes that “Washington, D.C. took an early lead in signing up young […]

In Washington state, the Seattle Times (5/5, Ostrom) reports that four additional health insurers have expressed interest in joining Washington Healthplanfinder. The four for-profit companies would join the existing eight exchange providers, all of whom plan to remain in the exchange. The new entrants are Moda Health Plan, Columbia United […]

The Washington Post (5/3, Johnson, Flaherty) reports on Maryland’s plan to rebuild its problematic health insurance exchange “on a time schedule that leaves no room for error, without the endorsement of the federal government or a clear plan for funding the project.” Moreover, the same state officials who oversaw the […]

The National Journal (5/5, Novack, Subscription Publication) reports in continuing coverage on the analysis of state exchange spending released last week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Journal focuses on the massive disparity in per-enrollee spending between state exchanges, noting “Hawaii spent $920 to enroll each new Obamacare consumer, […]

The Oregonian Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (5/4, Budnick) reported that the FBI and the HHS Office of Inspector General are both beginning inquiries into Cover Oregon, the state’s healthcare insurance exchange, while the GAO and the House Oversight committee also are investigating. The Oregonian backgrounds how the inquiries gained […]