Healthcare.gov to stick with Accenture

As 2014 ended, Accenture won a $563 million contract to maintain the Healthcare website for the next five years. Accenture, who took over the contract in 2014 after the last contractors, fumbled the launch of the website in 2013.  The Healthcare.gov website is in the midst of 2015 open enrollment, which will end on Feb. 15. Accenture touts out three main achievements during their Dec 29th announcements: Implementing usability improvements and re-enrollment capability to support the 2015 open enrollment. Completing all transition activities in an accelerated timeline...

Being uninsured in 2015 will cost you

Did you have health insurance in 2014? If not, it may cost you. According to the Affordable Care Act ask known as Obamacare, you may pay fees in your taxes for 2015. If you did not healthcare coverage in 2014. It will depend on how long you went uninsured in 2014. For example, if you were without coverage for less than three months, you might not have to pay. However, if your were uninsured for three months or more, you may be exempt from extra taxes. It will also depend on how much money you make. If you can afforded coverage and chose not to buy it, you will most likely...

Obamecare then and now

There is no doubt, that open enrollment for Obamacare is running smoothly this year. Since Nov. 15, 2014 the healthcare website has made few headlines expect when President Obama touts its number of sign-ups so far. It is a far cry for 2013 open enrollment when the website launched to major issues. Here is a look of Obamacare, then and now: Then: Obama administration blames traffic for the issues Now: Obama administration touts the improve Healthcare.gov Then: 6 Americans enrolled on Oct. 1, 2013 Now: 100k Americans submitted applications on Nov. 15, 2014 Then: The exact...

Healthcare.gov comes with $2.2 billion p...

Maybe the ACA is not so affordable after all. The Obama administration announces this week, that they have a new $536 million contract for the next five years. The new contract is for the maintenance and improvement of the Healthcare.gov website. The new $536 million contract goes to Accenture, which is the company the Obama administration hired to fix the site after the disastrous launch in 2013.  The new million dollar contract will bring the total government spending on the healthcare website to $2.2 billion. Open enrollment for Obamacare will end on Feb. 15, 2015....

87% of Healthcare enrollments risk losin...

New reports released by the Obama administration highlights the very high stakes for challenges to the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court. The subsidies, which the court could eradicate are helping a majority of Healtcare.gov enrollees pay for his or her insurance. The reports are the first time that the HHS has delivered the number of consumers who enrolled in coverage for 2015, since open enrollment started on Nov. 15, 2014. As more consumers enroll in healthcare coverage and more of them relying on federal subsidies the potential disruption such a ruling may...