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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (164642)	2/5/2014 8:13:29 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224729

CBO Reports That Health Law Provision Called ‘Bailout’ By GOP Will Raise $8B In its report, released Tuesday, CBO said that in a similar program set up as part of the Medicare prescription drug program, collections from insurers exceeded payments to health plans, yielding net collections that have averaged about $1 billion a year, or between 2 percent and 3 percent of total covered costs for drugs under Part D. “That experience suggests that plans’ premium bids in the [Affordable Care Act’s] exchanges will probably exceed their costs by a few percent” despite technical issues in the rollout, CBO said. capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org

To: tonto who wrote (164642)	2/5/2014 8:25:48 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224729

Medicaid enrollment in Washington state has grown so high so fast that the state already has met its April goal for new participants under Medicaid expansion. By Jan. 30, more than 172,700 newly-eligible adults had signed up for the free health insurance. The state was aiming for 136,000 enrollees by the start of April. While the success of Medicaid has sent the state racing toward its goal of shrinking the ranks of the uninsured, enrollment in the state’s private insurance marketplace is moving more slowly. Data released Tuesday shows there are more than 88,000 paid enrollees in the insurance exchange. The program still has not met the Jan. 1 goal of 130,000 enrollees. blogs.seattletimes.com