More healthcare for millions..that'll make Trumpers gnash their teeth!
President Joe Biden on Thursday took initial steps to expand health care coverage and reverse some of the policies of former President Donald Trump, including directing that people be given a new chance to sign up for government-subsidized care and lifting restrictions on abortion and family planning services.
Biden signed an executive order for the Department of Health and Human Services to re-open insurance enrollment on HealthCare.gov from Feb. 15 through May 15, giving Americans who lost their jobs and employer-based insurance during the pandemic a chance to sign up for coverage. The annual open enrollment for the plans ended in December in most states.
Nearly 9 million uninsured Americans could get free or subsidized health insurance through the special enrollment period, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health research organization.
Trump resisted calls for a special enrollment period for people who became uninsured during the pandemic and repeatedly sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration's signature health care reform law. The ACA, or Obamacare, provides health insurance to more than 23 million people.
Biden said his actions are designed to “undo the damage Trump has done.”
President Joe Biden on Thursday took initial steps to expand health care coverage and reverse some of the policies of former President Donald Trump, including directing that people be given a new chance to sign up for government-subsidized care and lifting restrictions on abortion and family planning services.
Biden signed an executive order for the Department of Health and Human Services to re-open insurance enrollment on HealthCare.gov from Feb. 15 through May 15, giving Americans who lost their jobs and employer-based insurance during the pandemic a chance to sign up for coverage. The annual open enrollment for the plans ended in December in most states.
Nearly 9 million uninsured Americans could get free or subsidized health insurance through the special enrollment period, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health research organization.
Trump resisted calls for a special enrollment period for people who became uninsured during the pandemic and repeatedly sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration's signature health care reform law. The ACA, or Obamacare, provides health insurance to more than 23 million people.
Biden said his actions are designed to “undo the damage Trump has done.”
