{"id":11862,"date":"2018-10-30T08:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T12:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11862"},"modified":"2018-10-30T08:40:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T12:40:53","slug":"with-one-hand-administration-boosts-aca-marketplaces-weakens-them-with-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11862","title":{"rendered":"With One Hand, Administration Boosts ACA Marketplaces, Weakens Them With Another"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>In the span of less than 12 hours last week, the Trump administration took two seemingly contradictory actions that could have profound effects on the insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n<p>First, officials\u00a0issued guidance\u00a0Monday morning that could weaken the exchanges set up for people who buy their own insurance. The new approach makes it easier for states to get around some ACA requirements, including allowing the use of federal subsidies for skimpier plans that can reject people with preexisting conditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/with-one-hand-administration-boosts-aca-marketplaces-weakens-them-with-another\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=67078907&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8l44Ee5khmmjj75W9Qz-ND_FKu1GQEKRGYCfaYQQJDolBiUygO5vvHWee2EWTvHNrlW_md5k9ye4LPkttHLpToz6QSZQ&amp;_hsmi=67078907\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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