California Encouraged by Health Plan Enrollment

Nearly 80,000 people have enrolled in health plans through California's online marketplace, at a rate of several thousand a day in November - a sizable increase over a month ago, state officials said on Thursday. Young Invincibles, a health care advocacy group for young people, said in a statement that the news out of California shows "That young adults are engaged and excited about their new options even at this very early stage in the enrollment process." It noted that California was a crucial state for recruiting young people because 31 percent of those living there lacked health insurance. Like many of the 16 states and the District of Columbia that are operating their own marketplaces, California's health insurance website has run far more smoothly than the federal website, which handles the online enrollment for 34 states that declined to set up their own exchanges. The state's insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, lambasted the Covered California board's decision as a "Disservice to California's consumers."
Source: NEW YORK TIMES
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/business/california-encouraged-by-health-plan-enrollment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


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