Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period Is Here

Thanks! I tweeted this @ DJT!

Funding for organizations helping to enroll people has been cut drastically.

Michigan Consumers for Health Care, a nonprofit group, has enrolled thousands of people in health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and was honored last year as one of the nation’s top performers — a “super navigator” that would serve as a mentor to enrollment counselors in other states.
So the group was stunned to learn from the Trump administration that its funds for assisting consumers ahead of the open enrollment period that begins Nov. 1 would be cut by 89 percent, to $129,900, from $1.2 million.

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Did anybody see this Jimmy Kimmel thing? It was pretty special...

https://www.avclub.com/jimmy-kimmel-admits-he-was-wrong-urges-everyone-to-sig-1820280869

Despite Trump's best efforts, enrollment is up 179% compared to the same period last year. Keep passing the word along, people. As with every other thing during this admin, it's up to the citizens to get the job done!

regdog said:

bumping

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“Strong” could be an understatement. Healthcare.gov enrollment has surged at least 47 percent higher than during the same period last year, CMS announced yesterday.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...c8b0b30fb045a2e003050/?utm_term=.3f96ff124267

And yet the Senate tax bill is written to eliminate the universal mandate...

Is the healthcare.gov link the place to send people to apply? I want to blog about this to help get the word out, but I also want to be sure I give people a place to go to take action. I have a local agent I go to in Sacramento, which I don't think will be helpful for most.

Well, I went to see my agent today to set up my plan. I can offer another resource for those in California: Covered California's phone number is 800-300-1506, and they'll help you find a local agent. (I have no commercial relationship with these people other than as a client.) It was a lot easier having someone who was knowledgeable about the system to help navigate our way through, especially when we ran into a glitch. (Because my husband was honorably discharged from the military, for some reason the computer decided that meant he wasn't a citizen--go figure.)

She told me there's a help button on the right of the government page, and for those outside California, most states have some sort of assistance program in place, usually at the county level. But it's best to get to it quickly, since the short deadlines mean everyone's going to be swamped.