Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Associated Press

The Obama administration acknowledged Thursday it has been over-reporting the number of people signed up under the health care law, a discrepancy that congressional Republicans seeking to repeal the program say they uncovered.

It's another credibility problem for the administration after video surfaced recently of former White House adviser Jonathan Gruber suggesting that deception was used to pass President Barack Obama's signature law..

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Hope Yen | Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — With many seniors facing high medical bills, a congressional investigation has found that federal government websites meant to give Medicare patients basic consumer tools instead fail to provide adequate information on out-of-pocket costs, and even quality of care.

The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that Medicare lacks clear procedures for getting useful information to consumers.

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Justin McCarthy | Gallup

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period begins, 37% of Americans say they approve of the law, one percentage point below the previous low in January. Fifty-six percent disapprove, the high in disapproval by one point.

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Donna Gordon Blankinshio | Associated Press

Washington's health care exchange shut down after the first few hours of open enrollment Saturday as state officials and software engineers tried to resolve a problem with tax credit calculations.

Officials at the exchange said Washington Healthplanfinder appeared to be working fine at first. When the exchange's automatic quality control system reported the problem, they decided to shut the whole system down at about 10:30 a.m. to fix it.

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Caitlin McCabe and Anna Wilde Matthews | Wall Street Journal

Just a few days before the re-launch of the health-care law's marketplaces, many consumers remain confused about key aspects of the sign-up process, including the timing of the enrollment period, presenting a challenge for insurers eager for a smooth opening.

The online insurance exchanges are set to go live again Saturday, when people will be able to buy new coverage taking effect on Jan. 1. Insurance companies are required to send letters explaining changes to their customers' plans before open enrollment starts.

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Louise Radnofsky | Wall Street Journal

Technology gaps in HealthCare.gov are expected to cause consumers and insurers a fresh batch of complications after the site reopens for health-plan enrollment this month, insurance-industry officials say.

Millions of Americans are expected to buy or change plans using the federal portal when the second year of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act begins Nov. 15. But some back-end parts of the system have had problems and others haven't been built, triggering difficulties that could affect tens of thousands of people when new plans kick in next year.

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Daniel Halper | Weekly Standard

"Thousands of Hoosiers are learning they will need to get new health insurance," says the local Indiana reporter. "This impacts 30,000 Anthem customers in the state. Their policies don't meet the guidelines of the Affordable Care Act, so Anthem can't sell them. We're told customers will have to pick a new plan between November 15th and December 31st, if they want coverage in the new year. All new policies sold must include ten essential benefits, like maternity coverage and pediatric dental care."

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Electa Draper | Denver Post

Colorado health-insurance consumers relying on tax credits will see their share of premiums rise an average of 77 percent next year if they keep the same plans, according to the state's preliminary analysis.

While premiums overall are not expected to increase significantly in 2015, the way tax credits are calculated under the Affordable Care Act is creating challenges for Colorado consumers.

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San Diego Union-Times

In fall 2013, there was a political firestorm after millions of Americans were told their individual 2014 health insurance policies would be canceled because they didn't provide the full range of coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act. This prompted President Obama to unilaterally delay by one year the requirement that individual health plans be compliant with Obamacare. Most states — but not California — went along with this decision.

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Mary Ages Carey | Kaiser Health News

Health law? What health law?

Almost nine of 10 uninsured Americans – the group most likely to benefit — don't know that the law's second open enrollment period begins Nov. 15, according to a poll released Tuesday. Two-thirds of the uninsured say they know "only a little" or "nothing at all" about the law's online insurance marketplaces where they can buy coverage if they don't get it through their jobs. Just over half are unaware the law might give them financial help to buy coverage, according to a new poll.

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Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear | New York Times

Patricia Wanderlich got insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, and with good reason: She suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2011, spending weeks in a hospital intensive care unit, and has a second, smaller aneurysm that needs monitoring.

But her new plan has a $6,000 annual deductible, meaning that Ms. Wanderlich, who works part time at a landscaping company outside Chicago, has to pay for most of her medical services up to that amount. She is skipping this year's brain scan and hoping for the best.

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