White House Will Not Reopen Obamacare Enrollment for Virus

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Bloomberg News

57m ago

Justin Sink, Bloomberg News

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump will not reopen the Obamacare exchanges to allow uninsured Americans to purchase health care coverage during the coronavirus pandemic, a White House official said Tuesday night.

The decision comes after the president said last week he was considering a special enrollment period to allow individuals to purchase insurance during the crisis -- a move that had been endorsed by America’s Health Insurance Plans, the trade organization representing health insurers.

Ultimately, however, the administration opted against a national mandate that would have mirrored steps that states like New York, California, Connecticut, and Maryland are taking. In New York, people without insurance “can apply within 60 days of losing coverage,” according to the state website.

. . .

Trump has long opposed the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and tried to repeal it early in his presidency. But he said last week that the administration would be “doing a lot of different things on health insurance.” He also responded to a question about expanding insurance subsidies or Medicaid checks by saying that many Americans would be receiving “very big checks” as part of the stimulus bill passed by Congress.


Read more: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/white-house-will-not-reopen-obamacare-enrollment-for-virus-1.1415562

[sprinkleeninow]

1. A poxy pox of unimaginable magnitude. eom

[Blue Owl]

2. Way to stick it to 'em, Donny

Take out your own petty personal grudge at the expense of millions who could use help because of the crisis YOU and your incompetent administration created, you miserable fuck...

[Bengus81]

17. How many that could DIE voted for this FUCK??

Imagine their surprise when their Fuehrer said just last week he might open those exchanges up and now he says NO. Hold those MAGA hats high you IDIOTS.

[progree]

3. If had insurance through their job and then lost their job and their health insurance...

... While the administration’s decision means that those who entered the year uninsured may have limited options for gaining coverage, Americans who lost a job with employer-provided health insurance could extend their plans for up to 18 months through the Cobra program. Those who lost their health insurance coverage also likely have 60 days to enroll in an Obamacare plan because of a qualifying life event.

But like it says, if you entered the year without health insurance (and still don't have health insurance), "you may have limited options" -- I suspect that really means no options or only very expensive ones.

By the way, many of the 12 or so states that have their own ACA exchanges are having or going to have special enrollment periods -- California and Minnesota are two of those that I know of.

[gab13by13]

14. COBRA isn't really an option for most of those people,

the cost is out of sight.

[BigmanPigman]

4. CA's Covered CA did.

The states with real health care will have much better news when this is all over. Fuck tRump!

[sheshe2]

5. Fug the MAGA-ott.

100K. 200K. A Million or Two Million dead is not enough to give you a jones? You want to take away healthcare from the poor and middle class that actually survive too?

There are no words for the depth of your bottomless black soul.

I have words for you and your family. I will keep them to myself. Yet I hope all my wishes come true.

[LudwigPastorius]

6. Shitbags!

Nothing like a little sadism to make a Nazi's heart go all aflutter.

Do the Trumpists want a violent action in which American's who've been fucked over act out because they can't take it any more? ...because that's what it sounds like they want.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. They can get on the GOP plan.

It's the "call an insurance company and ask how much it costs" plan.
You have to do it before you get sick though.

[C Moon]

9. I know right? Trump ran in 2016 saying he had a better health plan.

I guess NOTHING is his better health plan.
What the fuck? Some people are so naive!!

[procon]

8. What's he saying! Vouchers, savings accounts?

Trump wants to kill Obamacare and bring back all the scam, junk health insurance ripoffs that Obamacare got rid of. He would open the door to the for-profit companies to make huge profits for greedy investors while short changing the patients when they are scared or sick and needed coverage the most.

[yaesu]

10. fascist pig mofo's. nt

[olddad65]

11. Trump is making Putin so proud of him.

[TeamPooka]

12. Trump keeps making ads for Democrats every day

[Bengus81]

16. +1,000,000

[duforsure]

13. Where's his better health care plan he claimed he would have?

Oh wait I forget he's a serial liar, and is doing the opposite by reducing Medicare, and Medicaid , and cutting SS after claiming he wouldn't. He's greatly reduced the number of people insured while claiming he's done the opposite. Just like all his propaganda about this virus has been , all BS, because he refused to do his job, and still is, while claiming he's doing a great job. That's what a con man does, tells you whatever he thinks you want to hear , then screws you over from doing the opposite.

[Bengus81]

15. Atta boy Donnie,they deserve to DIE!!! Hell $9,000 for a CV test isn't much

[House of Roberts]

18. So insurance companies are eager to write policies

during a period when claims are highly likely?

Doesn't make sense.

What does make sense is that the insurance companies told Trump to keep them from having to add new enrollees.

Kind of like being forced to sell property insurance along the coast with a line of hurricanes headed their way.

[Bengus81]

19. They'll write one with a $20k deductible and NO pre-existing coverage

Welcome you MAGOTS to the World without the ACA.

[Mc Mike]

20. Yeah, increasing the number of people without health care coverage is sure to help

us combat the pandemic. Shitler.

[DenverJared]

21. Those Trumpian bastards

What good is insurance for if one cannot avail it in the time of need?