Trump health order gets mixed Texas review; business group studying it
Still, he said, "something needs to be done to ensure costs for employers to provide quality health care coverage for their employees is stabilized."
Trump's executive order isn't expected to trigger any immediate changes in
But
"The noise, (and) the negativity, is going to impact enrollment," Colvin said. "That's what we on the local level need to counteract. We are desperately trying to get the word out that the law still exists and there are great choices for comprehensive health insurance for Central Texans" in 2018.
Enrollment for 2018 insurance under the Affordable Care Act is set to begin
Prior to Thursday's executive order, the Trump administration had cut this year's enrollment period to six weeks, from three months in previous years, and also cut the federal advertising budget used to promote it.
Slightly more than 1.2 million Texans accessed health insurance for 2017 through the federal marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act, according to the
About 68,000 people in
Meanwhile, opinions of Trump's executive order among the area's congressional delegation appeared to be divided along partisan lines.
Cruz said the expansion of association health plans will allow people in individual or small-group markets to join together to negotiate lower rates.
Trump's action "means bare-bones, junk insurance will undermine health care, removing protections against high out-of-pocket costs and abandoning those with preexisting conditions," Doggett said.
Smith said he has "long been a proponent of the flexibility for individuals to purchase insurance across state lines and freedom for small businesses to band together and increase their purchasing power."
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