Assuming that you supposed the doldrums of August implied an easier bubble for dispute over the rollout of the elected health law, you're generally right.
Yet the national government discharged a rundown of awards set to assemblies that will assist individuals resolve how to purchase health protection on the commercial centers, or trades, that open for business in October. A percentage of the names enraged commentators over at Forbes.com, where Bruce Japsen expounded on the gifts .
It's not a mess of cash —$67 million everything considered —spread around more than 100 diverse bunches that have goes up to help individuals go the new health protection alternatives, which are slightly complcated.
It's not a lot of money — $67 million all told — spread among more than 100 different groups that have stepped up to help people navigate the new health insurance options, which are kind of complicated.
Families soon will be able to sign up for new health insurance options through the Affordable Care Act. In Washington, D.C., Dr. Cheryl Focht of Mary's Center performs a checkup of Jayson Gonzalez, 16, while his mother, Elizabeth Lopez, looks on.
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What's the idea? "A network of volunteers on the ground in every state — health care providers, business leaders, faith leaders, community groups, advocates, and local elected officials — can help spread the word and encourage their neighbors to get enrolled," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement describing the money for these insurance navigators.
The grants range from nearly $5.9 million going to United Way of Tarrant County in Texas to $21,750 for the social services arm of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile, Ala.
Starting next year, most Americans will have to show they've got health insurance. If they don't have coverage already, they'll have to buy it — or pay a penalty. There are subsidies to help those who qualify.
But a surprising number of people don't know the first thing about insurance, as a recent study found. And these exchanges could be a challenge even for people who understand the basics.
So helpers only make sense, right? Well, not to everyone. "Critics see navigators as potential competitors to insurance brokers, and say they should be subject to more rigorous screening before they can work with consumers," Kaiser Health News' Phil Galewitz wrote . In Nebraska, insurance brokers pushed for a state law , signed by the governor in June, that regulates navigators and prohibits them from endorsing particular plans.
So who's getting a percentage of the cash? A few assemblies you may not have envisioned.
The Fishing Partnership Health Plan of Massachusetts got almost $67,000 to work with the Maine Lobstermen's Association to help uninsured business anglers in Maine decipher things.
An alternate beneficiary is Planned Parenthood of the Heartland , a philanthropic working in Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. A $214,000 award will back pilots in Iowa.
At that point there's Ascension Health , a Catholic healing facility chain working in 22 states. Rising will get about $203,000 for pilots in Alabama, in addition to about $166,000 in Kansas.
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