Trump Administration Ends Affordable Care Act Contracts in 18 Cities
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has ended Affordable Care Act contracts that brought assistance into libraries, businesses and urban neighborhoods in 18 cities, meaning shoppers on the insurance exchanges will have fewer places to turn for help signing up for coverage.
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Some see it as another attempt to undermine the health law’s marketplaces by a president who has suggested he should let “Obamacare” fail. The administration, earlier this year, pulled paid advertising for the sign-up website healthcare.gov, prompting an inquiry by a federal inspector general into that decision and whether it hurt sign-ups.
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