Obamacare’s 2015 enrollment pushed to after the 2014 elections
From Bloomberg: “The second-year start of Obamacare enrollment will be pushed back by one month to give health insurers more time to prepare new plans and rates, an official with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said.”
“That
enrollment period, previously scheduled to begin Oct. 15, 2014, will
now start Nov. 15, said the official who asked not to be identified
because the decision isn’t public. The change is important to insurers
that need more time to evaluate the first year of the government-run
marketplaces, set up last month as part of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act.”
… I’m not an insurance expert, but the cynic in me thinks moving the enrollment date from October 15, 2014 to November 15, 2014 seems a bit cute. I mean, doesn’t the timing seem
interesting? The government’s expert says this “gives the state and
federal governments more time to sort out technical issues with the
exchanges.” But I have to wonder: Did they move the 2015 open enrollment to hide the premium hikes until after the election?
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