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White House mulling reopening of ObamaCare enrollment: reports
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Trump administration officials are considering opening an enrollment period for health care coverage under ObamaCare amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spokesperson confirmed to Politico.
Multiple states that operate their own health insurance marketplaces have reopened enrollment, which would allow state residents without health insurance to purchase coverage during the outbreak. However, most states use the marketplace run by the federal government, according to Politico.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the possible move from the Trump administration.
A CMS spokesperson confirmed that people should check HealthCare.gov, the health care marketplace site that is run by the federal government, to determine whether they can purchase coverage due to a job loss or other impacts from recent measures that have been implemented by state and local governments to stem the spread of the virus.
America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, two health care lobbies, urged lawmakers this week to include funding in a forthcoming coronavirus stimulus package for health insurance giants as they cover more people, according to Politico.
In a Friday letter, the organizations also called on congressional leadership to “establish new funding to support Americans who lose their jobs,” calling for a 90 percent subsidy for insurance options.
The letter also called for lawmakers to establish a “risk mitigation program” to ensure that health care premiums do not drastically increase and to allow “a one-time special enrollment period” for the individual health care market, among other suggestions.
The Hill has reached out to the CMS for comment.
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Trump administration officials are considering opening an enrollment period for health care coverage under ObamaCare amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) spokesperson confirmed to Politico.
Multiple states that operate their own health insurance marketplaces have reopened enrollment, which would allow state residents without health insurance to purchase coverage during the outbreak. However, most states use the marketplace run by the federal government, according to Politico.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the possible move from the Trump administration.
A CMS spokesperson confirmed that people should check HealthCare.gov, the health care marketplace site that is run by the federal government, to determine whether they can purchase coverage due to a job loss or other impacts from recent measures that have been implemented by state and local governments to stem the spread of the virus.
America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, two health care lobbies, urged lawmakers this week to include funding in a forthcoming coronavirus stimulus package for health insurance giants as they cover more people, according to Politico.
In a Friday letter, the organizations also called on congressional leadership to “establish new funding to support Americans who lose their jobs,” calling for a 90 percent subsidy for insurance options.
The letter also called for lawmakers to establish a “risk mitigation program” to ensure that health care premiums do not drastically increase and to allow “a one-time special enrollment period” for the individual health care market, among other suggestions.
The Hill has reached out to the CMS for comment.
