Compiled and summarized by The Market Institute.
A memo dating back to 2010 was uncovered showing there was concern from a top health adviser at the White House about the lack of leadership in the forthcoming Obamacare roll-out (CBS News).
Paper applications for the federal health exchange, while cumbersome and inefficient, were implemented to reassure the public, even though applications still get stuck in the same queue as Healthcare.gov users (ABC News).
Democrat Senators up for reelection next year are calling on the administration to quickly fix Healthcare.gov or else face losing the Senate to Republicans (Politico).
Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said if the Healthcare.gov issues are not resolved soon, delaying the individual mandate might be possible (Politico).
As expected, Obamacare is increasing health insurance premiums across the country. 41 states will see an increase with the overall average coming in at 41% (Forbes).
Security flaws with Healthcare.gov are emerging as one North Carolina man using the website was redirected to eligibility letters from two people in South Carolina (Heritage Foundation Blog).
Senator Kelly Ayote (R-N.H.) said in an interview she supports a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, but does not think it is a political reality (The Hill).
