Roll Call (11/14, Shiner, Subscription Publication) reports that on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that on Thursday, Democrats in the Senate “will hold a closed-door full caucus meeting…with Obama administration officials to discuss their growing concerns” about the ACA. The Hill (11/14, Bolton) noted that “several Democrats have […]

Wednesday’s hearing regarding healthcare.gov before the House Oversight Committee is attracting significant coverage from many sources, including the front page of a major newspaper and a dedicated segment in a network news broadcast. Coverage highlighted the uncertainty of the Obama Administration regarding when the website will be fully functional, how […]

The White House on Wednesday released the first official figures for enrollment under the Affordable Care Act since the law’s online insurance marketplaces opened October 1. While no one expected high numbers, mainly due to ongoing and well-publicized problems with the websites, the news still saw nearly eight minutes of […]

Reports continue to pile up of growing troubles surrounding healthcare.gov, the Federally-run insurance marketplace set up under the Affordable Care Act which opened for enrollment October 1. Whether technical, financial, or political, the issues will likely be brought to the forefront as the budget negotiations fade from view. Thursday night, […]

The Obamacare insurance exchanges that opened this week have inspired diverse and spirited debate, but insurance fraud experts say they have also inspired something more sinister: identity theft. Though official estimates have not been released, the advocacy organization Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said it is expecting an influx of scams […]

Obama Administration Announces New Health Exchange Delay. The White House announced Thursday that it was pushing a piece of the Affordable Care Act’s SHOP exchanges, news that was carried by many major papers and websites, which portrayed it as the latest in a series of delays for the beleaguered law. […]

Obama Defends ACA, Criticizes “Crazy” Predictions Of Negative Impact. President Obama’s speech on the Affordable Care Act in Largo, Maryland Thursday receives generally sympathetic coverage, calling the President’s remarks “passionate” and “a ringing defense” of the law, though some also note Democratic criticism that the presidential effort to explain and […]

Utah Study Group Lays Out Medicaid Expansion Options. The AP  (9/27, Price) reports that a Utah “study group has laid out a handful of options for expanding Medicaid” in that state, even “though Gov. Gary Herbert  (9/27) is still holding off on a decision about expanding the program.” Yesterday, at […]

We’ve been expressing concern about exchange-related fraud for a while now and this week we were glad to welcome the Obama Administration to the bandwagon. On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Edith Ramirez met at the White House to […]

The following articles are from NAHU Newswire: Leading the News Employer Mandate Delay Casts Doubt On ACA Implementation. Fallout from last week’s announcement that the Obama Administration planned to delay the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate until 2015 continues. Many national outlets, some offering multiple reports, cover several aspects of […]