New Approach to Affordable Care Act Waivers Causes Controversy

Of the estimated 16 percent of Americans who remain without health insurance, many “face a stunning choice.” They can either find a way to pay the equivalent of a second rent payment each month for health coverage—or go without insurance and hope they do not get sick. This “stunning choice” is the sort of dilemma the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) sought to address when it was passed in 2010. And although a federal judge in Texas recently ruled that the ACA is unconstitutional, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has stated that it will continue “administering and enforcing all aspects of the ACA as it had before.” The ACA—and the regulations implementing it—are applicable for the time being. These regulations include recent measures that the Trump Administration took to allow greater flexibility for states to innovate and address local health care needs. The Administration believes that…

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