Dec 032013
Report: One-Third Of ACA Enrollments Sent To Insurers Corrupted By Errors.
Report: One-Third Of ACA Enrollments Sent To Insurers Corrupted By Errors.
On its front page, the Washington Post 
(12/3, A1, Goldstein, Eilperin) reports that “the enrollment records for a significant portion of the Americans who have chosen health plans through” Healthcare.gov “contain errors…that mean they might not get the coverage they’re expecting.” According to the Post, “two government and health-care industry officials” estimated that “the errors affect roughly one-third of the people who have signed up for health plans,” although the White House “disputed the figure.” The Post goes on to report that the “mistakes include failure to notify insurers about new customers, duplicate enrollments…incorrect information about family members and mistakes involving federal subsidies.”
The AP (12/3, Alonso-Zaldivar) also reports that insurers are “complain[ing] that much of the enrollment information they’ve gotten on individual consumers” from HealthCare.gov “is practically useless,” and although “efforts to fix underlying problems are underway…the industry isn’t happy with the progress and is growing increasingly concerned.” On the other hand, USA Today (12/3, Kennedy) reports that on Monday, CMS announced that a “software bug that caused 80% of the problems with information forms insurers received from the HealthCare.gov website has been fixed,” but also urged consumers to “confirm with their insurers that their payments have been received and that they definitely are enrolled.”
Also reporting are the Washington Examiner (12/3, Hughes), the ABC News (12/3, Dwyer, Bruce) “The Note” blog, NBC News (12/3, Fox), CNBC (12/3, Mangan), and CNN (12/3, Luhby).