EDITORIAL: Cooper tried to help ACA customers
But Cooper stood up and asked the
"In the past," the governor said at a press conference, "the sign-up times were twice as long. In the past, there have been extensions -- because in the end, a lot of people procrastinate."
It's beyond reason for the federal government to essentially play some kind of card trick with Americans dependent on the ACA. And it's an affront, frankly, to the law of the land.
That is what the ACA is, whether
For
But as of
And sadly, it truly will. The deadline for open enrollment passed without the federal DHHS responding to the governor.
But Cooper was right, and so were other elected officials in different parts of the country who were trying to get the same done for their states. This is about basic humanity, about common sense as well -- absent insurance, more people become indigent or rely on expensive emergency room care for their treatment, and that in turns hurts everyone who has insurance, because all premiums must increase to cover hospitals' costs.
But
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