Monday, March 18, 2013

Quote of the Day

“I’ve talked to lots of senior CMS folks and they are convinced they can [launch insurance exchanges] on time…and I believe them. In 2006, people said it can’t be done [when Medicare Part D was initiated]….‘It’ll be a disaster.’ And yeah, there was some confusion and chaos during the first couple of months, but ever since then, it has worked great….I would be surprised if [exchanges] are not working after six months.”

— Tom Scully, former CMS administrator and now an attorney with the law firm of Alston & Bird and a general partner with Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, told AIS’s Inside Health Insurance Exchanges.

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