Compiled and summarized for AAPS members by The Market Institute.
Another ObamaCare ‘Glitch’: $30B blown on non-operational medical record system
The nine-year, government backed Health IT initiative for Electronic Health records has been a disaster. The program is has expended as much as $30 billion of taxpayer money with little to nothing to show for it. The system is plagued by reports of interoperability problems and questionable fund appropriation. (FOX News 10/15/2013)
How Many People Have Enrolled In Obamacare? An Early Look
The much publicized and well documented problems with the Healthcare.gov web portal is leading some industry analysts to believe as little as 5,000 individuals/families have been able to sign up through the federal website. (Forbes 10/14/2013)
Obamacare website shows improvement, new problems emerge
Progress is being made on the Healthcare.gov technical problems, but users this week experienced a new round of issues, getting brand new error messages telling them to retry in 72 hours. ( Reuters 10/15/2013)
Five thoughts on the Obamacare disaster
Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein lists 5 reasons why Obamacare has been a disaster. Included is the troubled launch of the health exchanges and the reported underwhelming number of sign-ups thus far. (Washington Post Blog 10/14/2013)
GOPers question ObamaCare attack
Three Republicans Senators questioned the strategy of Congressional Republicans using the funding process as a way to attack Obamacare. (The Hill 10/13/2013)
Feds reviewed only one bid for Obamacare website design
Federal officials only considered one firm to design the Affordable Care Act health exchange website that has been performing poorly. Instead of holding a competitive, multiple bidder procurement, HHS awarded CGI Federal the contract under a contracting loophole. (Washington Examiner 10/13/2013)
Heartbreaking: Enroll in Obamacare by Valentine’s Day or Expect Fines
The Obama Administration has changed the date of the deadline to obtain compulsory health insurance to February 15th, 2014. This is the second time the date has been changed. (Americans for Tax Reform 10/14/2013)
Obamacare is Hitting Home
The official GOP Blog posted specific cases across the country of Americans seeing their premiums and deductibles going up because of Obamacare. (GOP Blog 10/14/2013)
Alexander, Issa Investigating Extent of Obamacare Launch Problems
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sent a letter to Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius requesting information on the problematic roll-out of the Obamacare health marketplaces. (Press Release 10/10/2013 )
Obamacare: The Rest of the Story
In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Bill Keller explains how Accountable Care Organizations are transforming the treatment of patients through innovation. (New York Times 10/13/2013)
The Obamacare implosion is worse than you think
In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Marc Thiessen recounts the failed strategy of Republicans to derail the Affordable Care Act, but the implementation of the law is doing enough damage to further their cause. The government has not released sign up numbers yet, but one publication estimates as little as 51,000 people signed up in the first week. (Washington Post 10/14/2013)
Obamacare’s Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn’t Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are
IT experts have determined the principal cause of why the health exchange website Healthcare.gov is crashing: the site forces consumers to sign up for the exchange first, before being able to see prices for insurance plans, creating a bottleneck of users that await confirmation for eligibility of subsidies. HHS was afraid letting people see the underlying cost of the insurance plans first would scare people away. (Forbes 10/14/2013)
