Back in October, six months probably seemed like plenty of time to have open enrollment for health insurance in 2014. And for all the procrastinators out there – you know who you are! – there was always tomorrow. But we’re now down to just one week remaining in open enrollment. The good news is that… Read more about Connect for Health Colorado Updates On The End Of Open Enrollment for Health Insurance in 2014
Archives for March 2014
Health Wonk Review at Wright on Health
Brad Wright hosted the most recent Health Wonk Review at his excellent blog, Wright on Health, and it’s a must-read. Or in some cases, a must-watch. Check out healthpolicy.tv, a resource submitted to the HWR by Jared Rhoads. Plenty of good stuff on there, with viewpoints from a variety of political perspectives. And also don’t… Read more about Health Wonk Review at Wright on Health
Wouldn’t it be more efficient to spread ACA open enrollment across the whole year?
As we head into the final few weeks of open enrollment, there’s likely to be a surge of applications both on an off the exchange. And that means an uptick in phone calls to carriers and brokers, ID cards and policies being mailed out, premium payments being processed… all of the things that go along… Read more about Wouldn’t it be more efficient to spread ACA open enrollment across the whole year?
All The Risk That’s Fit To Print
Bob Wilson did a great job with this week’s Cavalcade of Risk, hosted at his Worker’s Compensation site. Lots of great stuff in this edition, so be sure to check it out. I particularly liked David Williams’ post about CVS and tobacco sales. I was happy to see the news recently that CVS was ditching… Read more about All The Risk That’s Fit To Print
Connect for Health Colorado Exceeding Enrollment Targets
By February 17, Connect for Health Colorado had enrolled 79,779 people in private health insurance plans, and another 128,219 in Medicaid. Prior to the start of open enrollment, CMS published monthly enrollment targets for each state – based on those numbers, Colorado’s target for the end of February was 73,600 people enrolled in private plans…. Read more about Connect for Health Colorado Exceeding Enrollment Targets