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Associated Press: 10 Differences Between Old, New HealthCare.gov Site
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/17/2014 - 17:53
- The new site has 16 screens for the basic application, the old site had 76
- The old site was prone to crashing the new site is built to withstand last seasons peaks
- The new enrollment period will last three months, last years was extended to six
- Last year the system was new to everyone, now as many as 7 million existing customers could come back
- HealthCare.gov's Hispanic-oriented website has much improved from last years amateur Spanish
- New window-shopping for health insurance plans available, the old site had no way to shop anonymously when the system went live
- This year you will also have to show the Internal Revenue Service that you got the right subsidy for 2014
- The Congressional Budget Office expects enrollment next year to total 13 million
- Tougher sell to customers who sat out last year's open enrollment season, even under threat of fines
- The Fines for staying uninsured the full year started at $95, fines for staying uninsured all of 2015 start at $325
Source: Chicago Sun Times
Source URL: http://politics.suntimes.com/article/washington/10-differenc...
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