Enrollment is up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act, despite the Trump Administration's promotional funding cuts and GOP plans to repeal the individual mandate as part of its tax bill.
During the second week of open enrollment, more than 876,000 people either renewed their health insurance through Healthcare.gov or enrolled for the first time.
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For the first two weeks of open enrollment this year, 1.47 million people have enrolled, compared to 1 million during the first two weeks of last year.
For this week, Saturday, Nov. 5, to Saturday, Nov. 11, a total 876,788 people selected plans. Of these, 208,397 were new consumers and another 668,391 renewed their coverage.
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During the first week, from Nov. 1-4, more than 600,000 enrolled.
In releasing its enrollment snapshot, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave no reason or comment on the numbers that must come as a blow to the Trump Administration's plans to deflate ACA success.
Administration impediments to enrollment include cutting the open enrollment period by a month to end on December 15, rather than at the end of January last year. CMS has also pulled back 90 percent of its promotional dollars and cut funds for Navigator organizations which help consumers choose and enroll in plans.
Insurers that could increased premiums this year by an average estimate of 20 percent due to President Donald Trump ending the cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers that provide subsidies to lower deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses for lower income consumers.
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