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California Faces Steep Challenges As Obamacare Launches, Report Finds

By Daniela Hernandez February 20, 2014 KFF Health News Original

As it prepares to offer coverage to its millions of uninsured residents through the Affordable Care Act, California faces daunting challenges and provides useful lessons for the rest of the nation, according to a survey and analysis released Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s report, based on a survey of 2,500 adult Californians before enrollment began […]

WellPoint Optimistic On Exchanges Despite Slow Start

By Jay Hancock January 14, 2014 KFF Health News Original

WellPoint Inc. and its Anthem Blue Cross plans made one of the biggest bets on selling insurance to individuals and families through the health law’s online exchanges. No regrets, CEO Joseph Swedish said Tuesday, despite the balky beginning. “Despite the near-term uncertainty, we believe exchanges will be growing as a big part of the market […]

Many Consumers Report Improvements With Healthcare.gov

By Phil Galewitz December 2, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Vickie Fleisher-Gann had been trying since Oct. 1 to complete her Obamacare application so she could start shopping for insurance on healthcare.gov, but she kept getting stopped by error messages. With her policy expiring at the end of the year, she feared time was running out. On Sunday morning, the former Harrisburg, Pa., hospital administrator finally was able to […]

Obamacare Deadline For Jan. 1 Coverage Extended One Week

By Mary Agnes Carey November 22, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Consumers will have an extra week — until Dec. 23 — to enroll in health insurance coverage that begins Jan. 1, Obama administration officials said Friday. Millions of consumers have been frustrated by their inability to sign up for coverage through healthcare.gov, the federal website for residents of 36 states, which went public Oct. 1.  While […]

8 Senate Democrats Seek Obamacare Enrollment ‘Alternative’

By Julie Appleby November 26, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Eight Senate Democrats — including key leadership member Charles Schumer of New York — told the Obama administration Monday that they “continue to be troubled by the ongoing technical difficulties” with  healthcare.gov and want an alternative way for insurers and web-based brokers to enroll subsidy-eligible consumers. “There are long-term advantages to providing Americans multiple ways […]

Attention Second Guessers: Even A Tech Giant Can Flub An Insurance Exchange

By Steve Henn, NPR News December 3, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This story comes from our partner Oregon has spent more than $40 million to build its own online health care exchange. It gave that money to a Silicon Valley titan, Oracle, but the result has been a disaster of missed deadlines, a nonworking website and a state forced to process thousands of insurance applications on […]

3 State Exchange Leaders Try To Get Good News Out

By Jenny Gold November 18, 2013 KFF Health News Original

Democrats in states running their own exchanges are seeking to put a more positive spin on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, despite the mostly negative news coming out of Washington. “What we’re seeing is incredible momentum,” Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, said during a conference call for reporters held by Families […]

Should Consumers Give Healthcare.gov A Second Chance?

By Phil Galewitz November 27, 2013 KFF Health News Original

This KHN story was produced in partnership with  As you probably know from all of the talking (and screaming) heads on TV, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) stumbled out of the gate with a glitch-ridden enrollment site, cancellation of some insurance policies and other technical glitches that have made Steve Jobs roll over in his […]