Compiled and summarized by The Market Institute.
November 30th’s self-imposed deadline for Healthcare.gov to run smoothly is quickly approaching and many are left wondering if the Obama Administration will actually deliver on it’s promise (CNN).
As the White House attempts to rehab Obamacare’s public image, the non-partisan organization has been gifted a $1.1 million grant to collect “Obamacare Success Stories” (Fox News).
While the President and HHS Secretary are telling the public Healthcare.gov will be ready on Saturday, they are privately telling allies to hold off on driving people to the website amid concerns it could crash again (CNN).
Some “Navigators,” people hired to help shepherd Americans through the healthcare exchange are telling Bloomberg that Healthcare.gov is still suffering from error messages and outages, almost 2 months after the launch of the website (Bloomberg).
In an Op-Ed published in the New York Times, Paul Krugman argues the healthcare law has in fact slowed healthcare spending (New York Times).
The “essential benefits” portion of Obamacare will lead to many small businesses having to alter their health insurance plans for employees and ultimately, they will see higher costs (New York Post).
