Thanks to President Donald Trump's slashes to the federal government's Obamacare advertising budget and his administration's "Sabotage" of Obamacare, hundreds of thousands of clueless people have been left in the dark and aren't enrolling in Obamacare-at least, that's what countless reporters and pundits would have you believe.
There's no doubt that 2019 Obamacare enrollment has dropped compared to enrollment figures from one year ago.
The Associated Press reports enrollment in the federal Obamacare exchange-the health insurance exchange used by 39 states-has fallen by nearly 20 percent.
Anyone enrolled in an Obamacare plan in 2018 will automatically be enrolled in the same or similar plan in 2019 if they do not reapply through the Obamacare exchanges, so even if it's true that the reason for the decline is fewer ads, it shouldn't make a significant impact in the final enrollment figures.
The first is that Obamacare insurance plans have become so outrageously expensive in many states that consumers who can find ways to avoid purchasing Obamacare plans often do.
If Obamacare is so expensive that people are being driven away from these plans, does that mean people are choosing not to buy any health insurance at all? Although we don't have the final figures yet, it's highly likely many people who are choosing not to buy health insurance through an Obamacare exchange that still need to are instead opting to purchase a short-term, limited-duration health insurance plan, which the Trump administration made possible for states to expand earlier in 2018.
E-health reports the annual cost of short-term health insurance for a family of three is about $1,400, compared to more than $10,300 for an Obamacare Bronze Plan, the cheapest Obamacare plan available.
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2018/12/15/dont-believe-media-misdirection-here-are-the-real-reasons-obamacare-enrollment-is-down-n2537523
There's no doubt that 2019 Obamacare enrollment has dropped compared to enrollment figures from one year ago.
The Associated Press reports enrollment in the federal Obamacare exchange-the health insurance exchange used by 39 states-has fallen by nearly 20 percent.
Anyone enrolled in an Obamacare plan in 2018 will automatically be enrolled in the same or similar plan in 2019 if they do not reapply through the Obamacare exchanges, so even if it's true that the reason for the decline is fewer ads, it shouldn't make a significant impact in the final enrollment figures.
The first is that Obamacare insurance plans have become so outrageously expensive in many states that consumers who can find ways to avoid purchasing Obamacare plans often do.
If Obamacare is so expensive that people are being driven away from these plans, does that mean people are choosing not to buy any health insurance at all? Although we don't have the final figures yet, it's highly likely many people who are choosing not to buy health insurance through an Obamacare exchange that still need to are instead opting to purchase a short-term, limited-duration health insurance plan, which the Trump administration made possible for states to expand earlier in 2018.
E-health reports the annual cost of short-term health insurance for a family of three is about $1,400, compared to more than $10,300 for an Obamacare Bronze Plan, the cheapest Obamacare plan available.
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2018/12/15/dont-believe-media-misdirection-here-are-the-real-reasons-obamacare-enrollment-is-down-n2537523
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