Privacy Concerns High as States Brace for Oct. 1st Exchange Enrollment
An employee for Minnesota’s new health exchange accidentally sent 2,400 Social Security numbers to an insurance broker earlier this month, underscoring privacy concerns with the Affordable Care Act...
View ArticleAs Government Shuts Down, Exchanges “Open”
Yesterday’s government shutdown coincides with the much anticipated debut of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance exchanges. But while consumers across the country were immediately met with...
View ArticleExchange Lawsuits Move Forward
A lawsuit challenging premium subsidies in federal exchanges survived a procedural hurdle Tuesday, with U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman rejecting the federal government’s motion to dismiss and...
View ArticleNational School Choice Week—Empower Parents, Improve Student Learning
Last month, the results of an international exam revealed that America’s world ranking hasn’t changed much in three years. The scores were “a picture of stagnation,” U.S. Education Secretary Arne...
View ArticleObama fails to reveal Navigator program leaves consumers at risk
This article appeared on The Daily Caller on January 30, 2014. In his State of the Union address, President Obama mentioned fixing a broken health care system. Unfortunately, the president provided no...
View ArticleWant to Avoid the Employer Mandate? There’s a Rule Against That
The Obama administration has a new solution to force compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA): simply ban businesses from reducing staff in response to the law’s burdensome employer mandate. The...
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State-based exchanges face scrutiny, questions of mismanagement
Officials from five states came under congressional scrutiny last week for various failures in creating state-based health insurance exchanges, despite each state accepting and spending hundreds of...
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Oregon’s $300 Million Exchange to be Transferred to Feds
Earlier today, Oregon became the first state-run health exchange to adopt the federal HealthCare.gov exchange portal. After receiving more than $300 million in federal grants, the state struggled to...
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Massachusetts Plans to Replace Troubled Health Insurance Exchange
On the heels of Oregon’s decision to drop its dysfunctional health insurance site, Massachusetts officials announced plans to follow suit on Monday. Unlike Oregon, however, Massachusetts will be taking...
View ArticleNevada Drops Problematic Health Exchange Website
Following the lead of Maryland, Oregon, and, most recently, Massachusetts, Nevada became the fourth state last week to drop its troubled health exchange website after facing serious technological...
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