THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY CASHES IN A YEA...

A year after the disastrous launch of the healthcare.gov website, health insurance companies and medical care providers report a more promising profits as third quarter earnings emerge. Even though the next open enrollment period for Americans who are uninsured and are seeking coverage under ObamaCare does not start until November, people are still enrolling in the expanded Medicaid insurance for poor individuals under the Affordable Care Act in droves. Unlike the open enrollment period for the private coverage purchases on the healthcare exchange, those who are eligible...

HEALTHCARE.GOV BREACH NOT MALICIOUS?

Life in the digital age has provided people with many conveniences, such as paying for purchases with debit and credit cards, digital smartphones and wallets. This is possible because we as consumers trust vendors to protect our sensitive financial information. When breaches occur, vendors do understand that their customer loyalty and reputations are at stake. These vendors will take every incentive in order to provide assistance to customers in rectifying and monitoring all nefarious uses of personal information. However the HealthCare.gov website has taken the opposite...

HEALTH CARE OPEN ENROLLMENT PUTS FOCUS B...

One Pennsylvania resident is on the verge of losing his health insurance plan in 2015 because his plan does not meet ObamaCare’s minimum standards for medical coverage.  A comparable plan under the Affordable Care Act will cost this resident $1,800 a month, which is three times more than $588 he spends on single plans for himself and his spouse. As a result he is considering going without coverage. Another American however; says they are having better experience are are thankful for the health care law. They say the pay $30 less for coverage this year and has added...

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WEBSITE ROUND 2

Regardless of what your political position, last year it became clear that the Healthcare.gov website was not working the way we all hoped it would. The marketplace website made enrolling in an health insurance policy difficult. The website repeatedly crashed, denied coverage to people who were eligible. Many people were quick to blame all these errors on the government, when private technology companies were also at fault. How. ever; from a technological standpoint, the real reason the website failed is that it was created with weak software. The vendor’s website...

2015 HEALTHCARE.GOV ENROLLMENT GOALS

The CEO for the federal health insurance marketplace acknowledges that there is room for improvement, but says the new and improved healthcare.gov website is ready for the 2015 Open Enrollment Period. HealthCare.gov officials have outlined several goals they hope to reach during the upcoming open enrollment period. The goals are as followed: Enhancement of customer online experience Making sure that certain affordable plans are on the self for customers Ensuring data and payment systems are accurate and quick Maximize the enrollment for new and returning customers On ...