I didnt. Out in Utah SHILLING for spring break.
The life of a shill...
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I didnt. Out in Utah SHILLING for spring break.
The life of a shill...
I didnt. Out in Utah skiing for spring break.
The life of a shill...
Looks like ACA hit 7 million.
The 7M apps is a good # given where they started from.
But, only ~80% of these pay month one so they aren't actually enrolled. We are closely tracking the drop rate afterwards...Early results aren't good. Nor is the risk profile.
The unpublished RAND study – only the Los Angeles Times has seen it – found that just 23 per cent of new enrollees had no insurance before signing up.The 7M apps is a good # given where they started from.
But, only ~80% of these pay month one so they aren't actually enrolled. We are closely tracking the drop rate afterwards...Early results aren't good. Nor is the risk profile.
Sebelius is stepping down. Will the GOP allow her to be replaced?
Sebelius is stepping down. Will the GOP allow her to be replaced?
Well I think I have a pretty good idea why the numbers for ACA signup jumped so rapidly in the last two months. In early March I spent some time getting quotes on health insurance for me and my workers. I received quotes (... DID NOT sign up) from Humana through the exchange. Well come April I receive my brand new health insurance cards and a bill for my premiums. They signed me up and sent me a bill. I guess they thought since they sent me insurance cards I would assume I had decided to go with them. Who knows. If you don't send in a payment then you are removed from the list (I guess), but I wanted to make sure I was acting in good faith so I called Humana today to let them know I did not sign up, and would not be using them.
Since Humana used the exchange to sign me up, and I also had to be removed from the exchange. So I was transferred to the ACA call center. I was transferred at least 4 times, and on the last transfer was on hold for over 45 minutes when I finally hung up. I spent 2 hours on the phone, and never spoke to a person who could remove me from the rolls. It was a joke. My guess is that this is going to be a common occurrence. People who went to the exchange to be quoted, have now been signed up and counted as part of the 7.1 million to receive health insurance under ACA. It is a racket. I will be surprised if the number or actual paying customers is more than 4-5 million.
I am still pissed off about wasting so much time on the phone today, but I am thrilled I didn't make the terrible decision to join the exchange. As difficult as it is for me to imagine, I think the ACA rollout is going to get worse than it already is. My employees signed up because of how cheap it would be for them due to the rebates, but I can't imagine any paying customer (someone that would actually make this thing financially feasible) going with marketplace if they have any other option.