Healthcare DIVE January 26, 2021
Shannon Muchmore

Dive Brief:

  • President Joe Biden will declare a new enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act exchanges this week, an action health policy and patient advocates have been hoping for under the new leadership, as reported by The Washington Post and confirmed to Healthcare Dive by advocacy group Families USA.
  • The administration will also begin the process of rolling back restrictions on Medicaid enrollment imposed by states under the former administration, according to the Post, which cited unnamed sources within HHS.
  • While most state-based exchanges created special enrollment periods earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS under former President Donald Trump resisted calls to do so as his administration fought in court to overturn the landmark law that created the...

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