Jan 28, 2021 4:54pm
Health insurers concerns about adverse selection from a new special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act exchanges appear to be allayed by a renewed commitment to advertising and outreach, experts say. (Valeriya/Getty)
Insurer groups are praising President Joe Biden’s move to create a three-month special enrollment period despite concerns about the potential for adverse selection.
The support means insurers likely believe they could get a large enough pool of new sign-ups to mitigate any changes to the risk pool, several experts said. Biden signed an executive order Thursday that creates a special enrollment period from Feb. 15 to May 15.
Biden to reopen ACA marketplaces, lower barriers for joining Medicaid
Amy Goldstein, The Washington Post
Jan. 25, 2021
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President Joe Biden speaks during a signing ceremony on Friday, Jan 22, 2021.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is scheduled to take executive actions as early as Thursday to reopen federal marketplaces selling Affordable Care Act health plans and to lower recently imposed barriers to joining Medicaid.
The orders will be Biden s first steps since taking office to help Americans gain health insurance, a prominent campaign goal that has assumed escalating significance as the pandemic has highlighted desire for affordable health care - and deprived millions of Americans coverage as they have lost jobs in the economic fallout.
Biden to reopen ACA marketplaces to help millions who have lost insurance
The action is among several executive orders the president is issuing in his initial days to demonstrate he intends to steer government in a direction far different from that of his predecessor.
By Amy GoldsteinWashington Post
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President Biden is scheduled to take executive actions as early as Thursday to reopen federal marketplaces selling Affordable Care Act health plans and to lower recent barriers to joining Medicaid.
The orders will be Biden’s first steps since taking office to help Americans gain health insurance, a prominent campaign goal that has assumed escalating significance as the pandemic has dramatized the need for affordable health care and deprived millions of Americans coverage as they have lost jobs in the economic fallout.
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