The Trump administration has refused to extend the Obamacare signup period, which ended on Friday at midnight.
Health care advocacy groups had expressed concerns about an expected surge of last-minute signups that would potentially crash the website right before the deadline, preventing millions from meeting it and thus going into 2018 without insurance.
Congressional Democrats sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) on Wednesday urging the department to offer a grace period as a safety net.
The administration hadn’t previously indicated whether or not it was going to offer that grace period. Then on Friday night, the official government Health Insurance Marketplace tweeted that there would be no extension.
President Donald Trump and his administration have done everything in their power to sabotage Obamacare, from ending insurance company subsidies to drastically shrinking the budget for enrollment outreach.
Despite these efforts, signup rates were surprisingly high in the beginning of the initial enrollment period, even exceeding those of previous years. However, experts still predict the total number of enrollments will drop below last year’s.
H/t the Hill.
The sick, disgusting bastards. No one with any kind of human empathy could begrudge another person a chance to get healthcare for himself or his family.
The Death Party.
But watch both republican operatives and Very Serious People find some reason to blame the democrats.
I wonder if the Dilatory Deplorables are paying attention?
How many Americans will be killed because of the GOP’s continued sabotage of ACA?
GOP answer: “Not enough!! Ha Ha Ha … Ho, Ho now let’s take the yacht around the harbor one more time”