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Massachusetts joins Oregon in ditching its dysfunctional health insurance site
American Legislator ^
| 5-8-14
| Ed Walton
Posted on 05/08/2014 1:35:07 PM PDT by ThethoughtsofGreg
On the heels of Oregon’s decision to drop its dysfunctional health insurance site, Massachusetts officials announced plans to follow suit on Monday. Unlike Oregon, however, Massachusetts will be taking a different replacement route—instead of using HealthCare.gov to sign up enrollees, Massachusetts will attempt to build a new health marketplace site based on software used by Colorado and Kentucky.
While the state hopes to have this software from hCentive Inc. up and running by November 15th of this year, they will also connect to the federal exchange as a backup in case the new exchange software is not ready in time to handle enrollment next fall. The plan to implement the new software and connect to the federal exchange as a backup will cost an estimated $100 million, which is 30% lower than the estimated cost of repairing the current site.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: democratcare; donkeycare; exchanges; jackasscare; massachusetts; obamacare
To: ThethoughtsofGreg
All of that money just vanishes? People should go to jail.
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:35:49 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: ThethoughtsofGreg
based on software used by Colorado
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:40:10 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: ThethoughtsofGreg
On the heels of Oregon’s decision to drop its dysfunctional health insurance site, Massachusetts officials announced plans to follow suit on Monday. Unlike Oregon, however, Massachusetts will be taking a different replacement route—instead of using HealthCare.gov to sign up enrollees, Massachusetts will attempt to build a new health marketplace site based on software used by Colorado and Kentucky. While the state hopes to have this software from hCentive Inc. up and running by November 15th of this year, they will also connect to the federal exchange as a backup in case the new exchange software is not ready in time to handle enrollment next fall. PFL
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:42:52 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: ThethoughtsofGreg
But I thought Romneycare fixed all of the healthcare issues in Mass. I was told repeatedly by libs that it was perfect there. If so, why did they need Obamacare?
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posted on
05/08/2014 2:50:05 PM PDT
by
Dutch Boy
To: ThethoughtsofGreg
Ungrateful beneficiaries of federalism.
To: Dutch Boy
Socialism and tyranny doesn’t work at the state level either
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posted on
05/08/2014 3:38:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: GeronL
I am just stunned....
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posted on
05/08/2014 6:25:39 PM PDT
by
Dutch Boy
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