Monday, March 31, 2014

Obamacare numbers coming in huge: Here's a guide to GOP excuse-making - latimes.com

 

imageIf exchange enrollments meet or exceed the original projection of 7 million despite the loss of some six weeks in website functionality in October and November, that would be a testament to the public's latent desire for effective healthcare coverage.

 

We won't know the final March 31 tally for days, possibly weeks, but that indispensable enrollment tracker Charles Gaba is projecting 6.78 million exchange enrollments, with a chance of topping 7 million.

That figure covers enrollments in private healthcare plans via healthcare.gov and the individual websites offered by 14 states and the District of Columbia. As my colleague Noam Levey is reporting, the Rand Corp. estimates that another 4.5 million previously uninsured adults have signed up for Medicaid in states that expanded that program under the ACA. And about 3 million young adults have obtained coverage through an ACA provision allowing them to stay on their parents' employer plans until age 26.

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County Appointments Currently Available

 

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Appointment Vacancies:

The following are volunteer Boards of the County of Boone that have vacancies:

Interested parties are asked to send a letter and resume expressing your interest and qualifications to Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg, 1212 Logan Ave., Suite 102, Belvidere, IL 61008. Please respond by April 18, 2014 to assure being considered.

Sanitary District Board of Trustees

One (1) vacancy for a term that will expire May 1, 2014

Boone County Ethics Commission

Three (3) vacancies for a term that will expire June, 2015

Boone County Board of Review

One (1) vacancy for a term that will expire June 1, 2016 (This person must be of the Republican Party)

Boone County Zoning Board of Appeals

One (1) vacancy for a term that will expire June 1, 2019

Boone County Building Board of Appeals

One (1) vacancy for a term that will expire June 1, 2019