“Get Signed Up Now!” Doggett highlights enrollment deadline for Affordable Care Act
The organization has two sites for enrollment: 5900 Airport and 2600 W. Stassney. No appointment is necessary - indeed, while the press conference took place, numerous counselors were working with clients to complete their enrollment in health insurance. More information is available online http://foundcom.org/health-programs/health-insurance-enrollment/.
Doggett reiterated Colvin's message that people need to enroll today or tomorrow, and not to confuse the D.C. debate over Obamacare with immediate loss of access for insurance. "I would be the first to admit that the ACA has shortcomings and flaws that need to be fixed," he said, noting particularly that he is working to lower the cost of prescription drugs under the ACA. "But people need to remember that it is so much better than what we had before," when coverage could be denied for pre-existing conditions, and so many people had no health insurance at all.
"If you enroll for 2017," Doggett, "that is a contract with the insurer that cannot be taken away."
Concerning the threats by Republican officials to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, Doggett cited news reports reflecting that
"It's easier to pass 'repeal' votes against 'Obamacare' because you don't like the 'Obama' part," Doggett told reporters, "than it is to design a replacement that won't deny coverage to tens of millions of our neighbors - not new coverage, but taking away a right they already have," because they had the foresight to sign up under the law.
"It's much more difficult to design a law that maintains coverage for those who now have it," he continued, "or to fulfill
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"Any talk of repeal of this law, to my mind, is absolute insanity," concluded Chipman. "We need to do everything we can to put pressure on
Doggett summed up the immediate situation: "If you don't get here by
More information on enrolling in health insurance through Foundation Communities is available here http://foundcom.org/health-programs/health-insurance-enrollment/. More information about enrolling online is available on the ACA website https://www.healthcare.gov/.
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