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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Obama ACA Officials Launch Health Insurance Sign-Up Campaign Because Trump Won't
If the Trump administration isnt going to try to sell Obamacare to consumers this year, these Obama administration veterans are ready to step in.
Two former officials who worked on the sign-up campaigns for the Affordable Care Acts health insurance exchanges when Barack Obama was president launched an initiative Wednesday called Get America Covered. In essence, it seeks to stand in for a federal government that, under President Donald Trump, is dramatically scaling back efforts to get the word out that enrollment season is about to begin.
There needs to be an effort to basically try to fill in as many of the gaps as we can from what the administration is not doing, said Lori Lodes, co-founder of Get America Covered. We have a clear sense of what theyre not going to be doing, and its a lot.
Open enrollment begins Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 15. Residents of 39 states access the exchanges via HealthCare.gov, while those living in 11 states and the District of Columbia use state-run exchanges, such as Covered California and Your Health Idaho.
Two former officials who worked on the sign-up campaigns for the Affordable Care Acts health insurance exchanges when Barack Obama was president launched an initiative Wednesday called Get America Covered. In essence, it seeks to stand in for a federal government that, under President Donald Trump, is dramatically scaling back efforts to get the word out that enrollment season is about to begin.
There needs to be an effort to basically try to fill in as many of the gaps as we can from what the administration is not doing, said Lori Lodes, co-founder of Get America Covered. We have a clear sense of what theyre not going to be doing, and its a lot.
Open enrollment begins Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 15. Residents of 39 states access the exchanges via HealthCare.gov, while those living in 11 states and the District of Columbia use state-run exchanges, such as Covered California and Your Health Idaho.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-vets-plan-health-insurance-sign-up-campaign-because-trump-wont_us_59d41c34e4b04b9f9205ecc6
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Former Obama ACA Officials Launch Health Insurance Sign-Up Campaign Because Trump Won't (Original Post)
ehrnst
Oct 2017
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sheshe2
(83,850 posts)1. Yes!!!!
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)2. It doesn't say where they are getting the funds to do this.
I was going to renew my ACA with subsidies in CA (a state funded state) and was trying to figure out when I should start calling since they have reduced staff, etc. and figured it would take even longer than it has in the past. I am glad they are doing this! Are they doing this for the Federally funded states AND the State funded states?
IronLionZion
(45,503 posts)3. Sounds like they are disseminating information on a very low budget
That will include tasks like creating and disseminating information about how to enroll and what the benefits are, as well as forging partnerships with businesses, state officials and local media that will help spread the word.
Our focus is really going to be on the facts that people need to know to get signed up, Lodes said. The organization has what she described as a six-figure budget raised from foundations and private organizations she wouldnt disclose, and is still raising funds. The group will also solicit online donations from the public.
Get America Covered will also collaborate with other private groups trying to fill in the gap the Trump administration is leaving open, including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Families USA, Indivisible, Young Invincibles and Community Catalyst, Lodes said.
Our focus is really going to be on the facts that people need to know to get signed up, Lodes said. The organization has what she described as a six-figure budget raised from foundations and private organizations she wouldnt disclose, and is still raising funds. The group will also solicit online donations from the public.
Get America Covered will also collaborate with other private groups trying to fill in the gap the Trump administration is leaving open, including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Families USA, Indivisible, Young Invincibles and Community Catalyst, Lodes said.
IronLionZion
(45,503 posts)4. Obama officials use their own time and money to help others
while Trump officials are busy enriching themselves and flying around in private jets
lamp_shade
(14,841 posts)5. I've been waiting for somebody to pick up the ball. This is great news.
I'll post the link on facebook.
They have a facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/GetAmericaCovered/
spanone
(135,858 posts)6. I salute the President for doing this!
lark
(23,147 posts)7. I just sent this info to my husband.
I'm retiring in a few weeks and won't be able to cover him anymore and our income will be going way way down. Hopefully it will help him get coverage that's affordable.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)8. Kick.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)9. One of the founders, Lori Lodes, was HRC's Chief of Staff for communications