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The first Affordable Care Act enrollment season of the Trump era is still a mystery
Source: Washington Post
The first Affordable Care Act enrollment season of the Trump era is still a mystery
By Amy Goldstein and Paige Winfield Cunningham August 6 at 11:28 AM
As the fate of the Affordable Care Act dangled dramatically in the Senate last month, the Trump administration abruptly canceled contracts with two companies that have helped thousands of Americans in 18 cities find health plans under the law.
The suspension of the $22 million contracts, which ends enrollment fairs and insurance sign-ups in public libraries, is one of the few public signs of how an administration eager to kill the law will run the ACA’s approaching fifth enrollment season.
With that sign-up period less than three months away, the government appears to be operating on contradictory tracks, according to insurers, state insurance commissioners, health-policy experts and leaders of grass-roots groups that have worked to enroll the roughly 10 million consumers around the country who now have ACA coverage.
President Trump continues to stage photo ops at the White House and on travels with people he terms “Obamacare victims.” The Health and Human Services Department is issuing weekly maps showing the few dozen counties that might lack an ACA health plan for next year. And despite the failure of Senate Republicans to abolish much of the law, Trump and his top aides have not entirely relinquished hopes of a victory in Congress this fall.
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By Amy Goldstein and Paige Winfield Cunningham August 6 at 11:28 AM
As the fate of the Affordable Care Act dangled dramatically in the Senate last month, the Trump administration abruptly canceled contracts with two companies that have helped thousands of Americans in 18 cities find health plans under the law.
The suspension of the $22 million contracts, which ends enrollment fairs and insurance sign-ups in public libraries, is one of the few public signs of how an administration eager to kill the law will run the ACA’s approaching fifth enrollment season.
With that sign-up period less than three months away, the government appears to be operating on contradictory tracks, according to insurers, state insurance commissioners, health-policy experts and leaders of grass-roots groups that have worked to enroll the roughly 10 million consumers around the country who now have ACA coverage.
President Trump continues to stage photo ops at the White House and on travels with people he terms “Obamacare victims.” The Health and Human Services Department is issuing weekly maps showing the few dozen counties that might lack an ACA health plan for next year. And despite the failure of Senate Republicans to abolish much of the law, Trump and his top aides have not entirely relinquished hopes of a victory in Congress this fall.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-first-affordable-care-act-enrollment-season-of-the-trump-era-is-still-a-mystery/2017/08/06/88f9bfda-7881-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html
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