[California] is on track with its health sign-ups
Source: LA Times
In contrast to lackluster results so far in the troubled federal exchange, California said it remains on track to reach its enrollment goals by having signed up 131,000 people in private health insurance or Medicaid through the state's marketplace.
California's first enrollment figures, released Wednesday, marked a rare bright spot for the Obama administration as it faces intense criticism over its error-prone enrollment website and millions of consumers getting insurance cancellation notices because their coverage doesn't meet requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
The state-run exchange, Covered California, said 59,000 residents have enrolled in private health insurance through Tuesday and 72,007 were deemed eligible last month for an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for the poor.
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"I think California is on the right trajectory," said Glenn Melnick, a health-policy professor at USC. "California shows people will enroll nationally if the federal exchange could solve its technology problems. This gives you a better test of the real response to the program."
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I think what is really key is that about 2,000 people have been enrolling daily this month, double the rate the exchange saw last month. So, the pace of enrollment has increased over time.
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