Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Many Fla. Consumers Go Back Onto Marketplace To Reexamine 2015 Health Options
Back in November, Phil Ammann of St. Petersburg was figuring out what he was going to do for health insurance. He found himself having to select a new plan, since the plan he bought on HealthCare.gov, was no longer going to be an option in 2015. He wasn't the only Floridian going back to re-enroll in a plan. According to federal health officials, 51 percent of the 673,255 Floridians who enrolled during the first weeks of enrollment were returning customers. (Watts, 1/8)
Washington is halfway to its goal for insurance signups through the state鈥檚 Washington Healthplanfinder exchange, according to numbers released Thursday. But with more than 107,000 people buying health insurance from Healthplanfinder through the end of December, the exchange still hasn鈥檛 caught up to the number of people enrolled before the signups for the current enrollment period began in mid-November. (Stiffler, 1/8)
Almost 9,000 people have selected coverage plans in Delaware's health insurance exchange as the second year of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act continues, state officials said Thursday. Health and Social Services Secretary Rita Landgraf told the Delaware Health Care Commission on Thursday that the 8,956 who have selected insurance plans are among more than 13,600 who have completed applications for coverage under Delaware's exchange. (Chase, 1/8)
Kentucky's health care exchange, kynect, has newly enrolled 3,000 people in health coverage the past three weeks, and the state says more than 114,000 Kentucky residents have enrolled or renewed plans since open enrollment began eight weeks ago. The total includes people have newly enrolled in private plans, qualified for Medicaid coverage or renewed private plans they purchased last year. (1/9)
State officials estimate that as of January 1, 2015 about 600,000 Pennsylvanians became eligible for Medicaid through its newly expanded Healthy Pennsylvania option. Enrollment began last month, and as of Monday, a spokesperson reported the state had received at least 114,000 household applications (it's unclear how many came from people who were previously uninsured). (Gordon, 1/8)
