Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 23:09:25 GMT -6
MONTPELIER — The House Health Care Committee will hold hearings next week to examine the state’s options for Vermont Health Connect as the exchange faces new challenges and unrest grows in the Legislature, according to House Speaker Shap Smith.
The Shumlin administration revealed last week that a new backlog has emerged of exchange users waiting for changes to their accounts, and includes more than 3,000 people. According to a Vermont Public Radio report, the Shumlin administration blamed the new backlog on a software upgrade that was not yet ready to be deployed.
The administration reported last fall that it had dealt with a backlog of requested changes that at one time numbered more than 10,000.
Smith told the Vermont Press Bureau Tuesday the Shumlin administration needs to show quick progress on fixing the so-called change-of-circumstance function and reducing the backlog.
“If we can’t make progress in the next couple of weeks on the change of circumstances, I would start to lean toward the federal exchange,” he said. “There are lots of reasons why we probably don’t want to go in that direction but at some point in time enough is enough.”
Read more: www.timesargus.com/article/20160127/NEWS03/160129669
The Shumlin administration revealed last week that a new backlog has emerged of exchange users waiting for changes to their accounts, and includes more than 3,000 people. According to a Vermont Public Radio report, the Shumlin administration blamed the new backlog on a software upgrade that was not yet ready to be deployed.
The administration reported last fall that it had dealt with a backlog of requested changes that at one time numbered more than 10,000.
Smith told the Vermont Press Bureau Tuesday the Shumlin administration needs to show quick progress on fixing the so-called change-of-circumstance function and reducing the backlog.
“If we can’t make progress in the next couple of weeks on the change of circumstances, I would start to lean toward the federal exchange,” he said. “There are lots of reasons why we probably don’t want to go in that direction but at some point in time enough is enough.”
Read more: www.timesargus.com/article/20160127/NEWS03/160129669