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Friday, January 27, 2017 5:01:27 PM
Insurers Urge Individuals To Sign Up For O'Care Exchanges After WH Pulls Ads
By Lauren Fox January 27, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT
After the White House cut off outreach and advertising in the final days of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act's exchange in 2017, insurers continued to encourage individuals to enroll to keep costs down Friday.
America's Health Insurance Plans, the national association for insurers, issued a statement Friday emphasizing the importance of robust sign ups.
“Every American deserves coverage, and open enrollment is the best opportunity people have to get coverage that gives them access to high-quality care. At a time when the individual market faces challenges, we need as many people as possible to participate - so that costs go down for everyone," Kristine Grow, the senior vice president of communications of AHIP, said in a statement. "Balancing out the risk pool is an important action that can be taken now to help stabilize the market, improve affordability, and send strong signals as health plans develop their products for 2018.”
A key concern among insurers is that cutting off outreach in the last days of open enrollment may hurt efforts to attract young enrollees who tend to procrastinate signing up for the exchanges until the last minute, but also tend to be healthier and can help drive down costs.
The Washington Post [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-stops-ads-outreach-for-last-days-of-aca-enrollment/2017/01/26/a2f92682-e420-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.dafd23415445 first reported Thursday that Trump administration officials had instructed HHS officials to stop millions of dollars in advertising that was already scheduled and purchased.
“It’s outrageous. It’s irresponsible,” said Ben Wakana, a senior HHS spokesman until Trump took office, told the Washington Post. “They are deliberately undermining open enrollment to try to get a lower enrollment number.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/insurers-urge-individuals-to-sign-up-for-exchanges-after-wh-pulls-ads
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Trump Enraged as Mexican President Meets with Meryl Streep Instead
Today 10:48 A.M.
MEXICO CITY (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump’s personal war with Mexico escalated further on Friday after Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto cancelled his meeting with Trump and scheduled one with Meryl Streep instead.
“The American people are a great people, and no one personifies that greatness better than Meryl Streep,” Peña Nieto said in an official statement.
The summit with Streep was widely seen as a prelude to Mexico establishing full diplomatic relations with the Academy Award-winning actress.
At the White House, Trump’s advisers were reportedly considering a host of retaliatory measures, including Steve Bannon’s proposal that the President of Mexico be told to “shut up.”
During his daily press briefing, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer called Peña Nieto’s decision to meet with Streep instead of Trump “absurd.”
“President Trump is a much greater American than Meryl Streep and has won way more Oscars than she has, period,” Spicer said.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-enraged-as-mexican-president-meets-with-meryl-streep-instead
By Lauren Fox January 27, 2017, 1:46 PM EDT
After the White House cut off outreach and advertising in the final days of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act's exchange in 2017, insurers continued to encourage individuals to enroll to keep costs down Friday.
America's Health Insurance Plans, the national association for insurers, issued a statement Friday emphasizing the importance of robust sign ups.
“Every American deserves coverage, and open enrollment is the best opportunity people have to get coverage that gives them access to high-quality care. At a time when the individual market faces challenges, we need as many people as possible to participate - so that costs go down for everyone," Kristine Grow, the senior vice president of communications of AHIP, said in a statement. "Balancing out the risk pool is an important action that can be taken now to help stabilize the market, improve affordability, and send strong signals as health plans develop their products for 2018.”
A key concern among insurers is that cutting off outreach in the last days of open enrollment may hurt efforts to attract young enrollees who tend to procrastinate signing up for the exchanges until the last minute, but also tend to be healthier and can help drive down costs.
The Washington Post [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-stops-ads-outreach-for-last-days-of-aca-enrollment/2017/01/26/a2f92682-e420-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.dafd23415445 first reported Thursday that Trump administration officials had instructed HHS officials to stop millions of dollars in advertising that was already scheduled and purchased.
“It’s outrageous. It’s irresponsible,” said Ben Wakana, a senior HHS spokesman until Trump took office, told the Washington Post. “They are deliberately undermining open enrollment to try to get a lower enrollment number.”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/insurers-urge-individuals-to-sign-up-for-exchanges-after-wh-pulls-ads
such a dumb ass ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Trump Enraged as Mexican President Meets with Meryl Streep Instead
Today 10:48 A.M.
MEXICO CITY (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump’s personal war with Mexico escalated further on Friday after Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto cancelled his meeting with Trump and scheduled one with Meryl Streep instead.
“The American people are a great people, and no one personifies that greatness better than Meryl Streep,” Peña Nieto said in an official statement.
The summit with Streep was widely seen as a prelude to Mexico establishing full diplomatic relations with the Academy Award-winning actress.
At the White House, Trump’s advisers were reportedly considering a host of retaliatory measures, including Steve Bannon’s proposal that the President of Mexico be told to “shut up.”
During his daily press briefing, the White House spokesman Sean Spicer called Peña Nieto’s decision to meet with Streep instead of Trump “absurd.”
“President Trump is a much greater American than Meryl Streep and has won way more Oscars than she has, period,” Spicer said.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-enraged-as-mexican-president-meets-with-meryl-streep-instead
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