After troubled rollout, Obamacare's new test starts on New Year's Day

Gerald · 12-29-13, 03:22 PM

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(Reuters) - New Year's Day will bring a fresh test for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, as hundreds of thousands of Americans will begin to use the program's new medical coverage for the first time.

For the nation's healthcare system as well as its politics, the stakes are huge in Wednesday's launch of the program known as Obamacare.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BL0AF20131229

Obama got to prove it.

Note: Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:06am EST

Oberon · 12-29-13, 03:31 PM

mapuc · 12-29-13, 03:43 PM

^ Go fish ?

Admiral Halsey · 12-29-13, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

^ Go fish ?

I thought it was the calm before the storm.

Oberon · 12-29-13, 04:31 PM

Just waiting for a bite, when you use the best lure, then you're likely to get a bite. Just got to bide your time, or keep casting.

Jimbuna · 12-29-13, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Just waiting for a bite, when you use the best lure, then you're likely to get a bite. Just got to bide your time, or keep casting.

First contender for best post of next year

Gerald · 12-31-13, 01:28 PM

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(Reuters) - Over two million people have enrolled in health insurance plans through the federally run HealthCare.gov and state healthcare enrollment websites, a U.S. administration official said on Tuesday.

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HealthCare.gov covers 36 states, and another 14 states have their own websites. While short of the 3.3 million enrollees the Obama administration was hoping for by now under what has become known as "Obamacare," the number is a dramatic improvement from a month ago

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...9BU0FK20131231

Way to go.

Note: Update record,Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:04pm EST

Oberon · 12-31-13, 01:43 PM

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-13, 01:58 PM

Great article but useless. Needs to break it down by the numbers.

Medicaid?
Subsidized?
Non-subsidized?

If the overwhelming majority of sign up is Medicaid then the program is still screwed. I suspect this to be the case.

Gerald · 12-31-13, 02:10 PM

Probably too early to tell the outcome of this, wait six months or so to get into statistics and other relevant information.

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-13, 02:34 PM

It really is not to early. The overwhelming number of sign up(auto-enrolled) for the state of Maryland is 101k. http://www.enrollamerica.org/blog/20...-medicaid-pac/ These are people on Medicaid. Free healthcare. I suspect we will see the same result in all states. The program cannot sustain itself with a majority of non-payers. Without the hard numbers the article from Reuters is misleading to what some would see as a success for the program when in fact the program is failing to pay for itself as predicted (or hoodwink the young healthy to pay for it all).

Jimbuna · 12-31-13, 02:38 PM

@Jamie

@Chris

Gerald · 12-31-13, 02:40 PM

Maybe,Reuters was not the best source in this case.

AVGWarhawk · 12-31-13, 03:47 PM

It is the best article today showing how misleading the news can be. If you recall the BO administration was not producing any real numbers. When they did the numbers were sugar coated. No breakdown of the freebie and the payers. It truly is smoke and mirrors.

Jimbuna · 12-31-13, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

It truly is smoke and mirrors.

Something some folk really specialise in

12-31-13, 01:58 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Great article but useless. Needs to break it down by the numbers. Medicaid? Subsidized? Non-subsidized? If the overwhelming majority of sign up is Medicaid then the program is still screwed. I suspect this to be the case. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-31-13, 02:10 PM	#10
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Probably too early to tell the outcome of this, wait six months or so to get into statistics and other relevant information. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-31-13, 02:34 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It really is not to early. The overwhelming number of sign up(auto-enrolled) for the state of Maryland is 101k. http://www.enrollamerica.org/blog/20...-medicaid-pac/ These are people on Medicaid. Free healthcare. I suspect we will see the same result in all states. The program cannot sustain itself with a majority of non-payers. Without the hard numbers the article from Reuters is misleading to what some would see as a success for the program when in fact the program is failing to pay for itself as predicted (or hoodwink the young healthy to pay for it all). __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	@Jamie @Chris __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Maybe,Reuters was not the best source in this case. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Just waiting for a bite, when you use the best lure, then you're likely to get a bite. Just got to bide your time, or keep casting.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20

12-31-13, 03:47 PM	#14
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It is the best article today showing how misleading the news can be. If you recall the BO administration was not producing any real numbers. When they did the numbers were sugar coated. No breakdown of the freebie and the payers. It truly is smoke and mirrors. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road