Exchange enrollment watch continues
Through March 13, 112,225 people have purchased qualified (private) health plans (QHP) through Washington’s health benefit exchange. Medicaid enrollees who are newly eligible under the Affordable Care Act expansion of the program total 235,079, and Medicaid enrollees who were previously eligible but had not enrolled total 122,302. As I noted last week, there should be […]
March 13 , 2014 - Emily Makings
Washington exchange's first March enrollment numbers and exemptions from the mandate
The first March enrollment numbers have been released by the Washington Health Benefit Exchange.Through March 6, enrollments in qualified (private) health plans (QHP) total 109,021. Enrollments in Medicaid by those who are newly eligible under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) total 222,607. Medicaid enrollments by those who were previously eligible but had not previously enrolled […]
March 04 , 2014 - Emily Makings
Newly eligible Medicaid enrollees continue to outpace private plan enrollees on exchange
According to this week’s enrollment report from the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, 106,281 have signed up for a qualified (private) health plan (QHP) since Oct. 1. Enrollees in Medicaid who are newly eligible under the expansion of the program total 212,633 (they are funded under the enhanced federal match). Medicaid enrollees who were previously eligible […]
February 26 , 2014 - Emily Makings
Private plan enrollment in Washington exchange passes 100,000, but still short of goal
Yesterday the Washington Health Benefit Exchange released enrollment numbers through Feb. 20. Qualified (private) health plan (QHP) enrollments now total 101,857 since Oct. 1. Enrollees who are newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act expansion now total 202,168 and those who were previously eligible for Medicaid under the old rules but had not […]
February 21 , 2014 - Emily Makings
January detailed enrollment report from Washington exchange not very newsy
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange has released its January enrollment report (covering Oct. 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014). Like previous monthly reports, it breaks out the enrollment data by age, plan type, county, sex, income, etc. Aside from the higher levels of enrollments, the break outs are not markedly different from the December report. […]
February 11 , 2014 - Emily Makings
Washington exchange's ongoing budget and new enrollment numbers
A story in the Seattle Times over the weekend looked at the budget of the Washington health benefit exchange (the Healthplanfinder): Washington and the 13 other states running their own health-insurance marketplaces all had federal grants to pay for startup costs. Now the Washington Health Benefit Exchange will have to transition from federal grants totaling […]
February 04 , 2014 - Richard S. Davis
Appointing the insurance commissioner? We've suggested it before.
Sen. Randi Becker has introduced a bill eliminating the elected office of insurance commissioner, replacing it with a 10-member board who would hire a director. We’ve previously written on the merits of replacing an elected commissioner with one appointed by the governor. In 1999 we wrote: The argument for making not only the insurance commissioner […]
February 04 , 2014 - Emily Makings
The percentage of the eligible population enrolled in Washington's exchange is 17.4 percent
Yesterday Sarah Kliff of the Washington Post interviewed the Washington Healthplanfinder CEO, Richard Onizuka. She writes: Washington, alongside Vermont, leads the nation in percentage of eligible population enrolled in its exchange. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 33.1 percent of Washingtonians eligible to sign up for coverage through the exchange have gone ahead and done […]
January 28 , 2014 - Emily Makings
50 percent of new enrollments in the Washington exchange are newly eligible for Medicaid under the expansion
Today the Washington Health Benefit Exchange released enrollment numbers through Jan. 23. (Last week the exchange released its December enrollment report, skipping its regular weekly update. The week before it had released data through Jan. 9.) The total number of new enrollments through the exchange is now 323,762. Of that, 86,031 are in qualified (private) […]
January 23 , 2014 - Emily Makings
Through December, 77 percent of Washington exchange enrollees qualified for tax credit
The December enrollment report from the Washington Healthplanfinder was released today. It includes data from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, and is a follow-up to the November report. As readers know, last week the exchange released enrollment numbers through Jan. 9. Although the numbers in today’s report are dated, the report includes some extra information […]