Obamacare in Kentucky: 32,000 successful enrollments as of Nov 1

[mota bhai 2,675]

Kentucky has some 640,000 uninsured residents. Many have put aside whatever reservations they may have harbored toward President Barack Obama or Steve Beshear, the state’s Democratic governor, and have enrolled in the state's health exchange or joined the state's Medicaid expansion. More than 1,000 residents have signed up each day since Kynect opened.

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But for every Kentucky resident who has enrolled, there are tens of thousands ... who are logging on, but not signing up. As of Nov. 1, 32,485 people have successfully enrolled, according to state figures. That number is dwarfed by the more than 318,000 who have accessed the Kynect website, browsed without making an account and left without committing. Even more troublesome, nearly 14,000 in the first month did enough with the website to know they qualify for a subsidized plan, but have not signed up.

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The Beshear administration views the Affordable Care Act as potentially transformative for Kentucky, making the state healthier and more economically viable. A Beshear-commissioned study estimated the reforms would generate jobs and revenue. The governor is counting on progress to be steady. His administration has ballparked a goal of enrolling a third of the state's uninsured population within the first year.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/kentucky-obamacare-website_n_4214629.html

[GandD 5,966]

GOOOOOO KENTUCKY!!!!!!!

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

I'm curious... if our country is so broke, how do they plan to subsidize the insurance? More credit?

[GandD 5,966]

Did you ever take a macroeconomics class?

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

Snippets from the article play like a dirge for ACA......enjoy!

"Cates and her husband, Rodney, who collects disability due to a factory work injury, filed for bankruptcy."

"like the farmer who showed up in his work overalls convinced his rates were going to double, but walked away relieved that he actually qualified for Medicaid."

"A degenerative disc disease sidelined Fox from steady work. Nine years ago, he could no longer afford health insurance and had to sell everything to qualify for Medicaid."

"Chuck Garwitz, 63, found out he might be able to get a good deal on decent health insurance"

"Clark determined that his barber's son qualified for Medicaid."

“At the same time, it feels like, wow, $17 a month is nothing hardly. I've got insurance now.”

"As of Nov. 1, 32,485 people have successfully enrolled, according to state figures. That number is dwarfed by the more than 318,000 who have accessed the Kynect website, browsed without making an account and left without committing. Even more troublesome, nearly 14,000 in the first month did enough with the website to know they qualify for a subsidized plan, but have not signed up."

[Pooky 3,839]

Trouble is, in those 32,000 people, Medicaid sign-ups outnumber private insurance nice sign-ups 5 : 1. That spells financial trouble.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

That ratio shows you just what damage has been done to this economy over the last three decades.

[Pooky 3,839]

That ratio shows you just what damage has been done to this economy over the last three decades.

Not necessarily. What it does show is that for all the fanfare about Kentucky being a success story in a sea of of unmitigated chaos, the financial situation is about as bad a it can be. The risk sharing is almost absent, and needs to pick up in a big way to make the exchange work. And it doesn't look like it's going to happen, in Kentucky, or anywhere.

[Boiler 46,182]

Rule of thumb seems to be if everyone signs up:

50% Medicare

40% subsidised

10% full wack

Looked up mine, $1 a month, so difficult to say no.

Not sure if giving stuff away can be counted a success, give it away and nobody wants it, well another issue.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Did you ever take a macroeconomics class?

and Micro, too.

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

Not necessarily. What it does show is that for all the fanfare about Kentucky being a success story in a sea of of unmitigated chaos, the financial situation is about as bad a it can be. The risk sharing is almost absent, and needs to pick up in a big way to make the exchange work. And it doesn't look like it's going to happen, in Kentucky, or anywhere.

I suppose we will all (really) know when the enrollment deadline hits...but...I'm guessing a $95 dollar fine is not a strong enough incentive.

[Pooky 3,839]

I suppose we will all (really) know when the enrollment deadline hits...but...I'm guessing a $95 dollar fine is not a strong enough incentive.

Not even close.

And the stepped increase may not be able to outpace the infamous "death spiral" of rising premiums making health insurance unaffordable.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Pooky

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Even more troubling? 82% of the people that signed up in Kentucky qualify for Medicaid. WHO is going to pay for this? Kentucky does not use the Healthcare.gov website, they have their own. So people are actually able to access it, and THIS is the result.

Obamacares troubles will only begin when the website gets fixed. And some of you thought that the same people that crafted this cluster-goat-schtup, would somehow have developed a really good system once you get past the dysfunctional website?

LOOK at the people testifying before congress. THEY are in charge of this. Feel better now?