In Other News-Medicaid Expansion Works Beautifully-Proves Public Insurance Component Of ACA Superior

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In Other News, Medicaid Expansion Works Beautifully

By Big Tent Democrat,

While the wonk created Rube Goldberg contraptions known as the exchanges goes through their problems, one aspect of ObamaCare has gone off without a hitch - Medicaid Expansion:

The underdog of government health care programs is emerging as a rare early success story of President Obama's technologically challenged health overhaul. Often dismissed, Medicaid has signed up 444,000 people in 10 states in the six weeks since open enrollment began, according to Avalere Health, a market analysis firm that compiled data from those states. Twenty-five states are expanding their Medicaid programs, but data for all of them was not available.

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The Obama administration plans to release October enrollment statistics this week, but publicly available figures already provide a contrast between a robust start for Medicaid expansion and lukewarm early signups for new, government-subsidized private plans offered separately under the law. "Medicaid is exceeding expectations in most places," said Dan Mendelson, Avalere's president. "It is definitely a bright picture in states that have chosen to expand."

The wonky proponents of the exchanges aren't particularly interested, but it does prove that the public insurance component of ACA is the superior part of the program.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611885/medicaid-signups-an-early-obamacare-bright-spot/
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2013/11/14/11531/672/obamaadmin/In-Other-News-Medicaid-Expansion-Works-Beautifully