It's now working too well, at least in one respect: The government's health insurance website is quietly sending consumers' personal data to private companies that specialize in advertising and analyzing Internet data for performance and marketing, The Associated Press has learned. The scope of what is disclosed or how it might be used was not …
It Figures
On the deadline day to sign up for Obamacare1, we were treated to yet another website outage. This despite claims that the website was fixed. I wonder if we will be treated to yet another round of "the Koch brothers and the right-wing are trying to sabotage the website!" claims. And then there is this: …
Paul Krugman and the Truth Just Don’t Seem to Get Along
I won't hold my breath waiting for the New York Times to correct Paul Krugman's latest op-ed piece. But the New York Times really ought to correct Paul Krugman's latest op-ed piece. And perhaps it ought to discipline Krugman for being so cavalier with the facts, which in his op-ed, he pretends are "awkward" for the …
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The Never Ending Trainwreck
If you want some reassuring news about Obamacare, you have come to the wrong blog: The president of the United States informs us that under Obamacare, we "might end up having to switch doctors." This is the part where I remind readers--as though any reminder were actually needed--that during the campaign for Obamacare, the president reassured …
Your “Nothing to See Here, Move Along” Post of the Day
I am really tired of linking to stories like this one, but it's necessary to do so, given the fact that some people are pretending that the implementation of Obamacare is going just as planned: In a colossal “oh by the way” revelation, last Friday afternoon the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal …
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“Hooey,” Eh?
Today's agitprop piece column by Paul Krugman features the claim that apparently, only "actors" in commercials get notices informing them that their insurance plans have been canceled because of Obamacare (in fact, nearly 93,000 people in Louisiana have lost or are losing their health care plans). It also puts forth the following assertion: . . …
Guess What?
HealthCare.gov is still not working: Despite my earnest intentions, my family and I are still not covered on the Washington, D.C. Obamacare exchange. I am beginning to despair that I will ever obtain insurance from the exchange. To briefly recap my ordeal (you can read my previous piece here) I went to the D.C. Health Link …
More Bad News Regarding HealthCare.gov
Remember: The website is supposed to be "fixed" now: Tens of thousands of people who discovered that HealthCare.gov made mistakes as they were signing up for a health plan are confronting a new roadblock: The government cannot yet fix the errors. Roughly 22,000 Americans have filed appeals with the government to try to get mistakes …
It’s Time for Another Obamacare Roundup
Short version of this post: The implementation of Obamacare still leaves much to be desired. And when I write "much," I mean it. The long version of this post follows below. First of all, let it be noted that the White House website still tells us that "You can keep your own insurance." Either the administration …
It’s Time for a Big, Giant Health Care Reform Roundup
I have been neglectful in posting about the continuing travails of Obamacare; real life demands mean less time for blogging. There is a lot of news to cover, and the news does remain bad for Obamacare fans. Let's start with what might be the next big problem for Obamacare: Obamacare’s rollout dented the Department of …
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