HCAN Report: How the Republicans Are Suppressing Obamacare Enrollment

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HCAN Report: How the Republicans Are Suppressing Obamacare Enrollment

by Ethan Rome at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ethan-rome/hcan-report-how-the-repub_b_3998331.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

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Governors and state legislators are adopting state laws and regulations to sabotage the work of "navigators," the community organizations that will help consumers sign up for care. We are witnessing navigator suppression, and the Republicans' objective is simple: the harder they make it for navigators to do their jobs, the harder it will be for people to benefit from Obamacare.

Republican governors in 21 states are already denying more than 5 million people health care by refusing to expand Medicaid. Navigator suppression is another way for the Obamacare haters to pile on and limit the reach of the law.

In a new report, Health Care for America Now conducted a detailed review of the most egregious laws and regulations found in 13 selected states: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. These states are home to 17 million people without health insurance who are eligible for coverage under the health care reform law -- fully 41 percent of the nation's uninsured.

The excessive requirements we found include such things as residency rules, extra fees, additional and unnecessary training requirements, superfluous certification exams, and prohibitions against navigators talking with consumers about the benefits offered by different plans. These measures constitute direct interference in the enrollment process.




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[Bandit]

1. Nobody and I mean NOBODY ever claimed Republicans were fair and honest people.

Is it a surprise that they will do whatever backhanded thing they can to get their way?