Modern Healthcare October 28, 2017
The Trump administration has done everything possible short of repealing the Affordable Care Act to discourage Americans from signing up for health insurance coverage during the open-enrollment season that gets underway this week.
No one should be surprised if 2018 enrollment falls short of the 10.3 million individuals and family members who gained coverage on the exchanges during last year’s open enrollment. That success story, five years in the making, helped drive the U.S. uninsured rate to its lowest level in history.
Polls are already showing the uninsured rate has resumed rising. Given the Trump administration’s recent actions and executive orders, it will likely grow substantially higher next year, even as a nation that ostensibly has an employer-based health insurance...
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