On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the current state of the Affordable Care Act. While Republicans have failed to repeal it entirely, the Trump administration is undermining the law piece by piece.
It’s withholding more than $10 billion to help insurers provide coverage and slashing grants to to nonprofits that help people sign up for plans. And yet, enrollment in ACA plans overall is up. More than 11 million signed up in the last open enrollment period. How are these changes affecting access to healthcare?
Guests:
Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor for the Columbia Journalism Review, lead writer for CJR's blog Covering the Health Care Fight, writer for Health News Review and the Center for Health Journalism
Elisabeth Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News and author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Web Resources:
US News: Obamacare Finds Stability Under Siege
NPR: Trump Administration Freezes Payments Required By The Affordable Care Act
Kaiser Health News: Doctors Warm To Single-Payer Health Care
Center for Health Journalism: When you get as sick as I did, you realize how critical health coverage is for everyone
CJR: Navigating the labyrinth: A primer on Obamacare enrollment for health reporters
Washington Post: Trump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term health plans
