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More than 100,000 Americans who applied for insurance through HealthCare.gov and were told they are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) remain unenrolled because of lingering software defects in the federal online marketplace, according to federal and state health officials.

To try to provide coverage to these people before they seek medical care, the Obama administration has launched a barrage of phone calls in recent days in 21 states, advising those who applied that the quickest route into the programs is to start over at their state’s Medicaid agency.

State officials, meanwhile, are racing to cope in various ways — some enrolling people based on imperfect data files they received from Washington, others mailing letters urging eligible people to contact the state to sign up.

The chaos is likely to prove temporary because of the state and federal efforts that have just begun to help people enroll and because the coverage can be made retroactive to the first of the year.

Still, the fact that some consumers learned on HealthCare.gov that they could join the two programs but are not yet in them is creating a problem for states and confusion for the consumers. The situation also offers a glimpse of the technical problems that persist with the computer system underpinning the new federal online insurance marketplace more than a month after the Obama administration announced it had largely been fixed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/healthcaregov-defects-leave-many-americans-eligible-for-medicaid-chip-without-coverage/2014/01/04/f8ed10d2-7400-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html

Don't worry. 

There will be a lot of government advertizing about how great things are, until people mindlessly repeat "Our health care plan is great".

Just like the people in Britain do now.

If you plan to be on obamacare (kidding as it is the law) don't forget that the system cannot process new babies in your family, death in your family, switching jobs, etc, etc.

AP:
There’s another quirk in the Obama administration’s new health insurance system: It lacks a way for consumers to quickly and easily update their coverage for the birth of a baby and other common life changes.

With regular private insurance, parents just notify the health plan. Insurers will still cover new babies, the administration says, but parents will also have to contact the government at some point later on.

Right now the HealthCare.gov website can’t handle such updates.

It’s a reminder that the new coverage for many uninsured Americans comes with a third party in the mix: the feds. And the system’s wiring for some vital federal functions isn’t yet fully connected.

http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-adding-baby-plan-not-easy-082827023--politics.html
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Your healthcare and the feds. EXACTLY what we always wanted. Lovely.

CHICAGO (AP) — The new year brought relief to some Illinois patients newly insured under the nation’s health care law. Others still weren’t sure whether they were covered, despite their best efforts to navigate the often-balky new system.
The major benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul took effect Wednesday, the first day of 2014. By Thursday, the first business day of the new insurance system, it became clear that snags in the rollout of the Affordable Care Act still remained.
On the plus side, the law’s protections mean consumers can no longer be denied coverage if they’re in poor health. New limits on how much insured patients must pay for care will mean fewer bankruptcies after catastrophic illnesses. Insurance plans must offer a minimum level of essential benefits, and care such as flu shots and mammograms will be fully covered without cost to patients.
But early problems with the federal HealthCare.gov website led many people to wait until last week to sign up, and insurers are still processing enrollment forms.
Paperwork problems almost delayed suburban Chicago resident Sheri Zajcew’s scheduled surgery Thursday, but Dr. John Venetos decided to operate without a routine go-ahead from the insurance company. That was after Venetos’ office manager spent two hours on hold with the insurer Thursday, trying to get an answer about whether the patient needed prior authorization for the surgery. The office manager finally gave up.
“I’m not a happy camper,” said Nate Zajcew, the patient’s husband. The couple signed up for a Blue Cross Blue Shield bronze plan through the federal HealthCare.gov site on Dec. 16. “I understand it’s just a matter of paperwork and yesterday was a holiday. I can be an SOB, too, at times, but since they’re going on with the procedure, it’s OK.”
Venetos, a Chicago digestive system specialist, described “tremendous uncertainty and anxiety” among patients calling his office recently. Some thought they’d signed up for coverage but hadn’t received insurance cards yet. Others had insurance policies that were canceled and weren’t sure if their coverage had been reinstated after Gov. Pat Quinn decided to allow one-year extensions of canceled plans.
Venetos said he has decided to take a risk and provide care for these patients, at least until there’s less confusion about coverage.
“We feel it’s the right thing to do,” Venetos said. “We may end up stuck holding the bag and not getting paid on these claims.”

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/doctors-office-spends-2-hours-on-hold-with-health-insurer-for-patients-surgery-authorization/

I actually think it can happen, Adam Kokesh(LB) has some great views, but sometimes he over does it.

Remember how the Sith Lord was sooo against the NSA Death Star when he was a candidate? How he was against wars and stuff?

Again, when you campaign it is one thing. You tell people what they want to believe. The system needs transparency. Real transparency. I am not a Liberal, but I would believe I would NOT kowtow and forget my principles because "my man" was in power.

I truly do not understand how Liberals are not madder by the day. Vaseline should be part of basic free healthcare for them.

I'm afraid it doesn't quite work that way.  You can make some inroads locally and at the state level.  But the national circus is way different.  The nice thing would be for the liberatarians and the Tea Party to keep working at transforming the Republican party into something with some principles and goals.  Libertarian-ish.

Not sure that's doable, but it certainly would be nice.  Right now there are some real serious problems that are not getting spelled out well in the political arena as issues.  Jus one -

Survelliance - what party will come out against it?  both are divided on this issue.  If the repubs come out against the illegal, unconstitutional NSA spying, they would make a giant step forward in voter popularity.

I doubt that will happen, but it's what I'd like to see happen...

So does Obama, He looks like my evil grandpa. But I do hope in 2016, There will be more trustworthy candidates, But the todays libertarians look wack and mentally ill, but I do believe in less government but just don't over do it.

Just words on a paper.  Different words on another paper would have a different effect.

Republicans can't be sexual deviants, either.  Some kind of fetish is almost a given for Democrats at the national level.

I didn't like his looks either.  A lot of people are attracted to the bad boy look.

I'm glad we are voting based on haircuts.  Makes everything really simple, doesn't it?

While I do not agree with your choice of language, I agree that the US usually has no real choice in the matter.  I don't know why we keep voting for the same clowns over and over and then complain...you voted them in folks!

I dont like Romney due to his faggot looks, he looks like a guy who would fuck up the U.S. aswell, All candidates that year didn't look trustworthy to me.

So you can ask for a government loan and buy cocaine with it? Does one need to ask for a receipt from the drug dealer?

Probably a government loan.  Not ours, of course...

A democrat can write in his autobiography how he was loving his cocaine while he was studying in the 80s at Columbia U. Cocaine was very expensive in the 80s. How could he afford it being a poor student and all?. We shall never know.