Is the government mastering the public enrollment process thanks to its experience with signing folks up for Obamacare coverage? An analysis by the Associated Press seems to indicate just that.
Although other research has indicated that the insurance exchange enrollment process is getting better, AP's evidence comes from enrollment patterns elsewhere.
The news service looked at the number of folks in this post-recessionary period who were enrolling for food stamps. During a time when food stamp enrollment historically would be dropping, AP found that, instead, it's on the rise in some states. And most of those states — 10 out of 11 — were states that chose to expand Medicaid as permitted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
