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Implementing Obamacare
Implementing Obamacare
On Oct. 1, millions of Americans gained access to the new marketplaces mandated by President Obama’s health-care law. Check back regularly for the latest news on the launch of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the ongoing political fight over the law in Congress.
More information:
Calculator: How much will you pay for insurance
Have you used the new health insurance exchanges? Tell us your story.
Graphic: How many people have signed up on the exchanges?
FAQ: All your Affordable Care Act questions answered
Figures for February show that fewer than 1 million people signed up for insurance plans via exchanges.
About 4.2 million people have signed up for health plans on Obamacare exchanges through the end of February, making it unlikely that the Obama administration will hit the estimate of 6 million enrollees by a key deadline at the end of March.
Obama went on “Between Two Ferns” to plug HealthCare.gov. It’s working.
The video, which was posted just this morning, already has 2.8 million views and has been a trending topic on Twitter all day.
Some states running their own health insurance exchanges are weighing an extension of the Obamacare enrollment period because of faulty technology.
Patients who have low-deductible, low co-payment insurance will demand any and all pharmaceuticals and other treatments that promise any benefit at all, net of the risks and side effects of the treatment, without regard to cost.
With the looming March 31 deadline to enroll in 2014 individual health plans, the mandate is again looming large.
The uninsured rate has dropped to its lowest point since 2008, a new Gallup poll finds.
As the March 31 health care enrollment deadline nears, the White House is focused on mobilizing women.
Some modifications were prompted by significant problems with launching HealthCare.gov.
