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Wisconsin health care exchanges hit roadblocks
ABC-9 News ^ | October 18, 2013 | By Paige Hulsey

Posted on 10/19/2013 5:48:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WAUSAU - Big questions remain about exactly how the new health care law is going. Online health care exchanges opened two weeks ago. But it's unclear how many people in Wisconsin have signed up for insurance through the site.

The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance offered the only numbers we've been able to find.

"We did do a very non scientific and informal outreach to the 13 issuers of qualified health plans," said Dan Schwartzer, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance.

According to that study, fewer than 50 people in the entire state were able to sign up the first week.

Health care workers are getting frustrated.

(Excerpt) Read more at waow.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: exchanges; failure; obamacare; obamacrerollout; rinocare
Forward cheese heads!!
1 posted on 10/19/2013 5:48:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

People haven’t been able to figure out how to sign up for they Obamacare check.


2 posted on 10/19/2013 5:49:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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3 posted on 10/19/2013 6:09:39 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I thought Wisconsin wasn’t participating in the exchanges. This is confusing.


4 posted on 10/19/2013 6:29:49 AM PDT by virgil
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All states are in the exchanges.

But 33 states have refused to create the sites for themselves...thay have given that task to the fed govt because they didn’t want to be involved in the boondoggle. WI is one of those.


5 posted on 10/19/2013 12:22:21 PM PDT by what's up
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