President Donald Trump said he is considering using federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid to cover the rising ranks of the uninsured after his administration decided it would not reopen the Obamacare insurance markets to address the coronaivrus crisis.
Sources familiar with discussions between insurers and the administration believe Trump's decision was ultimately made to avoid muddling the administration’s position on the Affordable Care Act as Trumpto throw out the law. A senior administration official, when asked if the decision was politically motivated, said there were “better options” to help uninsured Americans, pointing to special enrollment periods and temporary workplace coverage for laid-off workers.
Advocates who report being flooded with questions about health insurance in recent weeks have said they don’t expect much help from the Trump administration to spread the word about insurance options during this crisis. Many enrollment groups funded by federal grants have also seen their support significantly cut during the Trump era, leaving few resources to conduct outreach between annual enrollment seasons.
The HealthCare.gov homepage, as it typically does after the annual enrollment period closes, still alerts visitors they may be able to buy insurance after experiencing a life change and that they may qualify for low-income coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. A blog post lower down on the page explains how insurance status could be affected by the coronavirus.
“Donnie invents Universal Health Care.” 🙄
The President 'needs' to go after those rich & weathy 'ones' who intiated 5G, & 'stop' them from putting 'cell 'transmittor boxes' in your neighborhood, transmitting radiation frequency air waves causing'respiratory' illness depleting oxygen from your bodies and killing you! Isis
Good for him!
shaunking Where have we heard these empty promises before? FoolMeOnce coronavirus Trump says he supports 'red flag laws' as means of gun control via YouTube
🇺🇸AFFORDABLE CARE ACT-was a BIG DISASTER...not to mention UNCONSTITUTIONAL🇺🇸! I do not believe the TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is going in that direction. current STATE of our country-URGENT CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED FOR THE CITIZENS OF U.S.A!🇺🇸 ♥️a HEART of GRATITUDE/RESPECT-
would that be Medicare for all? Anything but ObamaCare!!
If Trump does this, which is essentially Medicare for All, he is winning by a landslide in November. How can Democrats fuck this up so badly?
Obamacare is law to do better than that
Many low-income earners are uninsured because they don’t earn enough $ to buy healthinsurance through the AffordableCareAct /Marketplace/ Obamacare program but earn too much to qualify for even expanded Medicaid. Even $25 a year too much disqualifies.😡 Why can this happen?
Socialist!
Considering? What kind of 'now I'm going to say everything I can to keep myself in office so people don't catch on that I'M the one who put them all in harms way in the first place & yet still intend to continue to cut benefits as I planned' bullshit is this?
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