One thing I learned fairly recently that surprised me: MA's gains in share come more from people switching out of FFS Medicare than from new enrollments. This monthly shift underscores that.
In May 2024, CMS celebrate agent and brokers' role in surging ACA enrollment, while also noting a few "areas for improvement" that very likely have not... improved.
A May 2023 CMS presentation to health insurance agents and brokers selling ACA marketplace plans opens on a celebratory note. Enrollment in the Open Enrollment Period for 2023 was up 19% year-over-yea...
Good news on the healthcare front -- super-paywalled, alas, in "WSJ pro" www.wsj.com/articles/pri...
When you wish upon a porn star...
Oh. Oh well. Recalls T.R. Reid's The Healing of America -- author went around the world seeking medical advice for a stiff shoulder.
On the plus side, they didn't over-treat, order unnecessary tests etc.
Hey 19th Centuryniks: I want to read (at least) one of George Sand's 60 novels. Which one should I start with?
HealthCare..gov relies on brokers, who execute more than two thirds of active enrollments. But they need to get on the stick and shut down broker fraud, which mushroomed in this year's enrollment surge. xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/on-broker-...
The marketplace necessarily invests a lot of trust in brokers and agents. But HealthCare.gov needs new fraud controls.
The Biden administration is looking to redress a Trump admin smear (via Seema Verma) against ACA enrollment assisters xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/the-biden-...
CMS seeks to reverse Seema Verma's ideological assault on nonprofit enrollment assistance
Hmm, maybe UHC hacked itself to get us to single payer (UHC) quickly.
NEWS: UnitedHealthcare applied for an emergency exemption to fast-track its takeover of a medical practice in Corvallis, Oregon, warning that the practice might close if the merger is not approved. Why is the practice in such trouble? Because of UnitedHealth's own ransomware hack.
The Change ransomware attack left an Oregon medical practice with an empty bank account, and only one quick way to fix it: sell to UnitedHealth