Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
Orders Agencies to Strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
What it does
Agencies must review and, as appropriate, suspend, revise, or rescind policies that undermine Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act.
Real-world impact
- Could open a Special Enrollment Period for uninsured and under-insured people.
- May lead agencies to suspend or change rules that limit coverage.
- Requires agencies to identify and reconsider actions tied to revoked orders.
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Summary
This order directs the federal government to protect and strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and to make high-quality health care more accessible and affordable. It asks the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider creating a Special Enrollment Period so uninsured and under-insured people can sign up for coverage through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace.
Agencies must review existing rules and consider suspending, revising, or rescinding ones that undermine coverage. The order revokes two prior presidential orders and notes communities of color are disproportionately uninsured.
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