Trump refuses to open Obamacare enrollment to save lives of uninsured
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There can be no question that President Donald Trump simply doesn't care how many people die in this coronavirus pandemic. There's no other explanation for why he chose to counter the advice of health officials and keep the Affordable Care Act marketplace cloTrump refuses to open Obamacare enrollment to save lives of uninsured
There can be no question that President Donald Trump simply doesn't care how many people die in this coronavirus pandemic. There's no other explanation for why he chose to counter the advice of health officials and keep the Affordable Care Act marketplace closed. Politico reports that insurers—who had endorsed a special enrollment period and been in talks with administration officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—expected Trump to announce open enrollments last Friday based on those conversations. He didn't. Politico reports that it is not «immediately clear why the Trump administration decided against the special enrollment period.» But here's a hint: «CMS deferred comment to the White House.» That can't mean anything other than it was Trump's decision. Trump did say last week that he's still fully behind the Republican lawsuit before the Supreme Court that could completely upend Obamacare and with it much of the health care system. Nothing about this pandemic has made him change his number one goal: «win» his grudge match against President Barack Obama by erasing his most significant achievement. The White House didn't comment, other than to say the administration is «exploring other options.» Spoiler alert: It's not. Read more