If you haven’t already heard, Donald Trump has slashed funding for advertising the Affordable Care Act enrollment period by 90%. He has also cut the funding for local organizations that help consumers navigate the buying process by 41%. The time period to enroll has also been cut in half, giving people only 6 weeks to sign up between: November 1, 2017 – December 15, 2017.
These cuts mean that less people will be aware of the enrollment period and less people will be insured. Less people uninsured will also mean a drive up in premiums, making insurance unaffordable for many more. This is an intentional move to make good on his promise to let the Affordable Care Act “implode,” but it will hurt many people in the process. Many people will unknowingly miss the enrollment period and we cannot let this happen.
Since the president is unwilling to inform the citizens we must take action into our own hands. Spread awareness about open enrollment. I made the image above so you can save it and share it to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and whatever other forms of social media you might use. Tell your family and friends. Do whatever you can to make sure that people who need this information get this information.
“Trump officials slash advertising, grants to help Americans get Affordable Care Act insurance” http://wapo.st/2wqOHHa?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.cd0db9678aef
If you’re like me and do things last minute: be prepared before the deadline. To apply, you need things like:
- Who is in your family, their identifying info, including SSNs if they have them.
- Tax returns and other financial documents to estimate the household income from everyone on the house/family.
- If anyone in the family is enrolled in employer or state funded insurance plans like Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare, military or VA healthcare coverage, you’ll need that info and their policy numbers.
- If anyone in the family’s employers offer health insurance that they and your family are eligible to enroll in.
- If anyone in the family is covered by an employer based health plan, you will need to fill out a separate form and get information from their employer for it.
The specifics can be found here.
Sound overwhelming? Yeah, looking at this list makes me vaguely nauseous, too.
You can get help!
You can call here to get questions answered.
You can look here for local people to help you through the process.
Hearseeno 