This week, President Trump said Obamacare was basically repealed. Yet, nearly 8.8 million people signed up for insurance on the federal health care exchange during Obamacare's latest open enrollment period.
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Month: December 2017
The Health 202: A lot of people signed up for Obamacare coverage even if the Trump administration didn’t want them to
That is: 8.8 million Americans — a whopping 96 percent of last year's total — signed up for ACA coverage this open enrollment period.
Robust Health Insurance Sign-Ups Surprise Supporters And Opponents
Despite an enrollment period that was half as long, nearly 9 million people have signed up for Affordable Care Act insurance for 2018 so far, about the same as last year.
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Many midwives work in the shadows as they await proper state regulation of home births
Planned home births have increased over the past few years, but several states are only on the fringe of governing the practice — and the lack of regulation is hurting pregnant people.
Expectant individuals with healthy backgrounds and no medical risk factors often choose to deliver their babies in their homes. But the practice is contentious. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the American Medical Association (AMA) both oppose home birth, citin...
Obamacare enrollment down slightly despite drastic outreach cuts
Around 8.8 million people signed up for Obamacare during Open Enrollment period
Papa John’s founder and CEO is leaving the company after ill-conceived attack on NFL players
John Schnatter, the proprietor of bad takes and even worse food as CEO of Papa John’s, is stepping down from the company he founded after weeks of withering criticism for his attacks on NFL players who are protesting for racial justice.
Schnatter used the company’s most recent earnings call to criticize NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for allowing the “debacle” of pre-game protests to extend for weeks into the 2017 season. Papa John’s is one of the large...
McConnell says effort to repeal Affordable Care Act is ‘probably’ over
The effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act probably died when Alabama elected Doug Jones (D) to the Senate.
Graham: GOP leaders ‘mistaken’ to think there won’t be ObamaCare repeal in 2018
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that Senate GOP leaders are "sadly mistaken" if they believe that the party will not try to revive its efforts to repeal ObamaCare in 2018."To those who believe - includin...
Obamacare enrollment at 96% of last year’s levels despite Trump’s sabotage
President Donald Trump declared Obamacare dead Wednesday after Congress passed its deeply unpopular $1.5 trillion tax overhaul bill. “Obamacare has been repealed in this bill,” he told reporters. Not only was he factually incorrect — as the bill only repeals the tax penalty for not having insurance — his statements were premature.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released its open enrollment estimate numbers on Thursday, revealing that approximatel...