A lot of news over the past few days; here's a roundup:
Off-Season QHP Enrollment Estimate: 200K - 300K per month
...This wouldn't be such a mystery if the HHS Dept. hadn't cut off enrollment reports during the off-season, but I won't go on that rant again.
So where am I getting this 200K estimate during the off season? Well, let's take a look at the numbers we do have since then...
California: CSU uninsured rate drops 60%; Anthem rates up under 10%; 50%+ Previously Uninsured?
...New data show the number of students without health insurance on California State University campuses dropped by 60% after Obamacare enrollment, defying concerns that not enough young people would sign up for health insurance.
...In the strongest indication yet where Obamacare rates are headed, industry giant Anthem Blue Cross said its California premiums for individual coverage will increase less than 10% on average next year.
..."A large majority of the people we see in Covered California we've never seen before," he said, "so directionally that suggests we are getting the previously uninsured."
Arkansas: ACA Medicaid Expansion hits 76% of total eligible
Illinois: ACA Medicaid Expansion hits 44% of total eligible
Michigan: ACA Medicaid Expansion hits 60% of total eligible
Kentucky: Mitch McConnell has 7,593 more people to explain himself to
...and in a Kentucky double-header, here's the follow-up story from the above:
Kentucky: ACA Medicaid Expansion hits 71% - 96% of total eligible
Yup. This one sort of snuck up on me; I knew that KY had cut their total uninsured rate in half, but didn't think to look up the Medicaid expansion-eligible population until today.