Annapolis, Md. (April 1, 2014) -- Governor O'Malley and Lt. Governor Brown issued the following joint statement on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Board's recommendation to upgrade the exchange's IT system:
"Thanks to the incredible hard work and commitment of hundreds of consumer assistance workers, brokers, carriers, Exchange staff, and many other stakeholders -- Maryland exceeded our goal and has so far enrolled more than 295,000 people during this first open enrollment period. That means a lot to these families who have the security and peace-of-mind that comes with having quality, affordable health care. And it means a lot for the long-term affordability of our healthcare system.
The hard work of getting so many Marylanders enrolled was made even tougher because Maryland’s health exchange website did not meet expectations -- a source of great frustration, especially for those who were trying to obtain healthcare for the very first time.
Our Administration has not succeeded at every first try, but we have never given up. We learn from both success and failure. The vendors we hired failed to build us the platform they promised. So now that the first open enrollment period has ended, we’ve decided to upgrade our website.
The Health Exchange Board selected a partner with a proven track record to upgrade our website using a platform that has an established record of success. We’re confident that this partner will have the website upgraded by the time the next open enrollment period begins in November.
The Maryland Health Exchange is much more than a website. It’s the board, policies, connector entities, call center, other consumer assistance networks, staff, and many other aspects that have allowed the state to exceed its enrollment goal despite the IT challenges. All of this will all remain in place. The website is one piece of the Exchange, and that piece is being upgraded."
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Cooking the books on those numbers. I have not heard from ONE single person who was able to enroll, or who didn't pull the plug with the sticker price of their plan. Most are probably people going into the medicare/medicaid cash grab.
ReplyDeleteO'Malley and Obama are in bed together. They are both liars.
ReplyDeleteWe need to hold them accountable... they have pissed millions of dollars away and plan to spend more. I bet the idiots in Maryland elect Brown next November though... When will this country wake up.
ReplyDeleteIt's called healthcare.gov and the citizens are ALREADY paying for it.
ReplyDeleteNo more O'Malley.
No more Brown.
No more Obama.
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Enrollment means that they went to the website or in person to sign up. It does not mean that they were accepted OR opted to pay the price that was offered. The Government is only giving us the number of people who enrolled and NOT how many were approved. They are making it LOOK like so many people NOW have insurance!
ReplyDeleteCall Blue Cross Blue Shield and ask about their policies. I did and they blow away the Obama BS.
ReplyDeleteYou can get a plan that has a high deductible for $200.00 to $230.00 a month.
Look, your rarely ever going to reach your deductible in one year on the Obama plan anyway, so be smart and check out BCBS.
O'Malley and Brown issue a statement. All this is, is they are both pimping for an election.
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