Following last year's difficult experiences consumers faced with the website, Healthcare.gov reopened on Saturday to launch its second enrollment effort under the ACA. Within 8 hours of opening the new site, 20,000 applications for 2015 coverage had been completed. I liked this article's incorporation of charts and graphs that illustrate state-by-state situations in terms of insurance, enrollment, a penalty calculator, and federal government or state run for exchanges. Despite some opponent views this article brings up, it seems that the majority of people in this article feel positive about healthcare.gov and the coming 2015 year for the ACA. Besides any comments you may have, do you think this is a step in the right direction? I do.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/healthcare-gov-opens-for-second-year-of-enrollments-1416072238?mod=WSJ_hppMIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond
I hope this link works, if not, it is just the first chart from the article Cam posted. http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/NA-CD545_ENROLL_16U_20141114185730.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis is a flowchart for what you need to know abut healthcare. It reduces the number of questions that people need to ask. It actually feels like the authors want to help out Americans. On this second version of the website, Obama Administration had time to test it and work out kinks before publishing an error-ridden website to the public. The ACA appears to have more support than in the past and that is a positive sign. It offers numerous benefits to the public and that be encouraged. With the clarity of information and easy-to-use website, I can only imagine that more support will follow. There will be less critiques about the ACA. With more support, the ACA can then be properly refined instead of completely rejecting the plan.
Thank you Cam, for posting this link. I most likely would have missed this and it contained pertinent information.
It appears as though the Obama administration has made significant improvements to the system that will benefit the program as a whole. There were fewer large issues and many of them were resolved in a timely manner. Application times significantly decreased which strongly encourages consumers to sign up since the process is more streamlined and easier to understand. A strong first day will also provide encouragement to consumers who were on the ledge about whether to use the website or not and I think this will help increase enrollment. The process is much more efficient than last year and this will work to help gain support for the program as well as increase enrollment which will provide increased benefits to both new and renewal customers. Overall I think so far a job very well done.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Scott. I think the first attempt by the Obama administration to launch the healthcare.gov website was rushed and left much to be desired. Now that the administration has taken some time to work out the kinks in the system, I think things should run a little more smoothly. I definitely think this is a step in the right direction.
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