One State That Won’t Be a Train Wreck
Maryland is an example of what an on-track and well organized effort looks like for any exchange hoping to be ready to enroll people on October 1–– and ensure that they will be covered should they walk into a doctor’s office on January 1, 2014…
Maryland is simply ticking through all of the key milestones they must meet…[And] unlike the federal exchange, Maryland will have the SHOP option…
Now, here it is April 30th and what have we heard from the feds on their progress on each of the critical milestones toward being ready with the federal exchange in the 33 states not building their own?
The comparison between the transparent and organized way Maryland is handling this and the Obama administration’s so far top secret approach is striking.
“I also recently heard from an insurance broker friend of mine in Maryland. He reports that the Maryland exchange is reaching out in a very constructive way to insurance brokers and ‘they are listening to us.’ Wow!”
Doing it right. Insurance professional have been doing this for years, they are the experts here.
Good for Maryland. A perfect example of how states should be “policy laboratories” for how the federal government should implement policies.
The federal government should engage in new rulemaking that hinders Maryland’s progress. How dare they made the feds look bad!
Seems like I should just move back to Maryland.
Why was Maryland able to execute this on time? What makes their state so different from the others?
Happy to see some good advances being made by the state of Maryland. More states should follow this lead.
May be we should first see how Maryland manages the situation once we enter the stage of managing care for some time. Perhaps, their state would be an interesting observational experiment before other states rush to get ready for the ACA in full force.
Well, there is always the possibility that Maryland will become a train wreck after the ACA gets fully implemented.
“Maryland Blue Cross has filed for an average increase of 25% for individual coverage warning young people could pay as much as 150% more”
Interesting, from the article, I guess Maryland seems to be an example for how government and the private sector players can work hand in hand.
“The comparison between the transparent and organized way Maryland is handling this and the Obama administration’s so far top secret approach is striking.”
– this is proof that we are in need to keep and further the power states have in managing their own healthcare.
California is the same way. Just last week I sat through a live webinar about the CA exchanges and Shop and they are scheduled to up and running on time also.
As far as the rest of the states are concerned. What did they think was going to happen when some governors spent time and money in court trying to stop implementation of PPACA?