I’m sleep and caffeine deprived and I am waiting for an exceptionally exciting phone call so I am watching Cat Twitter: Oh my god my cat is trying to catch the ball ??? I’m gonna die. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/ArJtXkAmYt — Amanda M. Steiner (@amandamichl) November 3, 2016 Open Thread
Who owns directory data
@wcsanders @bjdickmayhew found out that the community health center in Concrete WA is labeled multiple ways on WA exchange provider search — rebeccastob (@rebeccastob) November 2, 2016 Rebecca is an actuary and a health policy nerd who has been extremely helpful to me during many Twitter conversations. She is identifying a very legitimate problem of …
Why Healthcare reform is continually important
Just a pair of tweets as to why I am so passionate about continual healthcare reform and system improvement: The good news: As open enrollment begins today The Impact of Obamacare, in Four Maps https://t.co/KKiDuBExx0 pic.twitter.com/0PhVc8XuMR — Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) November 1, 2016 The bad news: The gap in life expectancy between Connecticut and Louisiana …
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Exchanges in 2018
Last week was a blur. I had a whirlwind tour of the health policy universe. I received a job offer that I have declined. I then met with a team that is charged to produce awesome work in health policy and I am looking forward to see where things could go from here. I was …
Silver Gap in Rhode Island
Rhode Island is silver gapping their exchange but the communication effort is horrendous. WPRI reports: two insurers – Neighborhood and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island – will be offering plans to individuals in 2017. A third carrier, UnitedHealthcare, declined to do so after attracting few customers this year and last. The decline …
APTC Hacking should be a short term hack
In a perfectly competetive market with numerous carriers offering plans on and off Exchange, my hobby horse of Silver Gap and Silver Spam analysis should be a short term event. It would have been a viable strategy in 2014 and 2015 as carriers had different assumptions about what the market looked liked and priced differently. …
About those price hikes
Yep, Qualified Health Plans in the individual market are seeing roughly a 25% price hike year over year. For people who are buying on Exchange, the vast majority of that price hike will be hidden if they are being subsidized and if they are willing to switch plans. For people who are buying off-Exchange or …