title: 'Tearing their hair out'. Delays on federal details leave states ill-prepared to open exchanges.
abstract: Despite an announcement that millions of uninsured Americans would soon qualify for "affordable, quality healthcare coverage," a top insurance industry executive says states face daunting odds in meeting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's deadlines. The ability of federal and state health insurance exchanges to begin enrolling millions of consumers in nine month "seems challenging," says Stephen Hemsley, UnitedHealth Group's CEO.
authors.forename: Rich
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D062265:Health Insurance Exchanges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States