Trump administration issues new rule chipping away at Obamacare
Obamacare survived the first year of Trump, but can it make it through another three years?
AMANDA MICHELLE GOMEZ APR 10, 2018, 8:58 AM
The Trump administration issued a ton of regulatory changes Monday that chip away at the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Moving forward, states will have more flexibility to set their own standards and people will be given new exemptions to avoid the health care law’s individual mandate penalty.
The 523-page regulation is one that comes out every year, and is intended to outline what ACA plans will look like for consumers next year.
Monday’s rule gives consumers two new ways to avoid penalties. People who live in counties with only one insurance company — roughly 26 percent of current enrollees — won’t have to pay the individual mandate penalty. Anti-choice people who live in areas where the only affordable plan also covers abortion will also be exempt from paying the penalty if they’d rather not have insurance.
The individual mandate is especially critical for insurance companies. Without the requirement that people have insurance or pay a penalty, insurers are less assured and could hike premiums or exit the marketplace altogether. As a result, the Congressional Budget Office expects fewer people will be covered and get subsidized care.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-administration-issues-new-rule-chipping-away-at-obamacare-c04859c52f60/
Medicare for all..................
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough
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