Summary: Richard Mayhew talks with Jay Acroyd about the open enrollment period for people using the PPACA exchanges; the role that shopping around plays in creating a competitive environment for insurers and providers (Response to Digby and Dave Dayen); auto-renewal for December 15 and the reason why everyone on a current Exchange policy needs to log-in and look around, and criticism that shopping for health insurance is overly complex. Then, what we've learned in this first year of Obamacare and propects for future quality and cost of care or the dog that has not barked -- the technology worked this year, and the program is effectively doing what it said it would be doing.
