A top U.S. health insurer gave the first detailed view of
how the problem-plagued rollout of President Barack Obama's signature
healthcare law is affecting the industry, saying on Wednesday it had cut its
enrollment forecasts by at least a half and expected the government to delay
the sign-up deadline.
Humana Inc said that because of technical problems
preventing millions of Americans from accessing the federal HealthCare.gov
website since it opened on Oct. 1, the company had slashed its expectations of
signing on 500,000 new plan members to an estimate of closer to 250,000.
The open enrollment period ends on March 31, and Republican
and Democratic lawmakers are asking the Obama administration to give people
more time to sign up for plans offered in online marketplaces. U.S. Health and
Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rejected the idea at a Senate
hearing on Wednesday. Read more.
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