Trump admin may do bare minimum necessary to comply with ACA

Beyond stabilizing the individual insurance market, a Trump administration official refused to say whether HHS would promote open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, pay for navigators who help customers purchase coverage or offer assurances on cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers. 

The unnamed official who spoke to the New York Times suggested the administration would only do the minimum necessary to comply with the ACA, which Trump has threatened to let “implode” and actively advocated for repealing. 

“I don’t think we can force people to sign up for the program,” the official said. 

The administration had already shown a willingness to pull back on enrollment efforts. Soon after Trump took office, ads for Healthcare.gov were pulled, which was partially blamed for lower enrollment on the exchanges for 2017. CMS also has already cut the open enrollment period for 2018 in half. 

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John Gregory, Senior Writer

John joined TriMed in 2016, focusing on healthcare policy and regulation. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago, he worked at FM News Chicago and Rivet News Radio, and worked on the state government and politics beat for the Illinois Radio Network. Outside of work, you may find him adding to his never-ending graphic novel collection.

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