The Affordable Care Act/Obamacare cutbacks could affect 725,000 to 1.8 Million Americans…..
Most of thes people would be in the RED States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah….
It also drops Obamacare coverage for ‘Dreamers’….
Less people IN the plan means ‘Savings”?
A Republican President actually screwing his base?
Go Figure?
The Trump administration on Friday narrowed the period to sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage and imposed other restrictions aimed at rolling back Biden-era flexibilities for the program.
Why it matters: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expects the new policies to lower marketplace premiums by about 5% on average, and save taxpayers $12 billion next year.
- But between 725,000 and 1.8 million people are expected to lose coverage, per CMS’s projections.
The big picture: Congress is considering codifying many of the same provisions in the massive GOP budget bill that’s now in the Senate. That would make them much harder for a future administration to undo.
State of play: CMS is shortening the period for enrolling in marketplace insurance by two weeks, starting for plan year 2027. Federal exchanges will then be open for sign-ups from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 of each year.
- It’s also repealing the monthly opportunity started under the Biden administration for lower-income people to get marketplace coverage.
- The new rule limits plans’ ability to cover gender-affirming care beginning next year.
- It also excludes Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from obtaining ACA coverage…..
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