Saturday, December 21, 2024

Federal Government Says Record 16.6 Million Enrolled in Affordable Care Act Coverage (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Obamacare & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Federal Government Says Record 16.6 Million Enrolled in Affordable Care Act Coverage (Connecting the Dots: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Obamacare & Soros Funding, All Networking)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said this marks ‘the highest ever’ enrollment for Jan. 1, 2025, coverage.

By Aldgra Fredly

12/21/2024 Updated: 12/21/2024

An Obamacare logo on the door of the UniVista Insurance agency in Miami on Jan. 10, 2017. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/federal-government-says-record-16-6-million-enrolled-in-affordable-care-act-coverage-5780134

A record 16.6 million Americans have signed up for health insurance for 2025 through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, the Biden administration said on Dec. 20.

Of these consumers, 2 million are new enrollees. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that those who have signed up will receive up to a full year of coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2025.

CMS said the figure, which reflects selections in the 31 states that use HealthCare.gov, will keep the ACA “on track for a record high number of plan selections” for this year’s open enrollment.

“The record-breaking enrollment in Marketplace coverage speaks volumes about the critical need for health care coverage,” CMS administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a statement.

Brooks-LaSure called on Americans to quickly secure coverage through the ACA and take advantage of the enhanced tax credits that are still available for 2025 to make coverage more affordable.

CMS has previously extended the deadline for enrolling in the coverage plan that begins Jan. 1, 2025, from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18. Enrollment for plan that begins in February 2025 is now open until Jan. 15, 2025.

During the 2024 open enrollment period, 21.3 million consumers signed up for health coverage through the ACA, including 5 million new enrollees, according to the agency.

Outgoing President Joe Biden had earlier urged Congress to extend the ACA after a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report highlighted a potential surge in the number of uninsured people if health care subsidies are removed. The ACA is set to expire at the end of next year.

In a Dec. 6 statement, Biden said health care should not be considered “a privilege.”

“Millions of Americans are benefiting from expanded premium tax credits that lower their premiums. If Congress takes that benefit away, premiums will spike and 3.8 million people will become uninsured,” the president stated.

“That’s simply wrong. The American people don’t deserve to see their health insurance premiums skyrocket,” he added.

The CBO stated in its report that “healthier-than-average people will exit the marketplaces if the expanded credits are no longer available,” which would result in insurers raising premiums for the remaining enrollees.

According to the report, the number of uninsured Americans would rise by 2.2 million if the ACA is not extended through 2026, and by an average of 3.8 million each year between 2026 and 2034.

The report also stated that gross benchmark premiums could increase by 7.9 percent on average over the 2026–2034 period if the ACA is removed, leading to more people exiting the marketplace.

Connecting the Dots:

Donald M. Berwick was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American Progress and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Committee for Economic Development

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative is Obamacare and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank). 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Donald M. Berwick is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Brookings Institution (think tank). 

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank)John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and Obamacare is his signature policy initiative.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc. and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Resources: Past Research

Obamacare Website Fix to Cost $121 Million (Past Research on Obamacare & the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS))

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/04/obamacare-website-fix-to-cost-121.html

Hours After John Kerry Demands Green Transition Accelerated – His Emissions Closet Swings Wide Open (Connecting the Dots: Cameron Kerry, John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Soros, the Climate Reality Project, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the EPA and onto the FDA, Pfizer & Johnson & Johnson. It’s the Network That Never Ends. One Project (Climate Change) Just bleeds into the Next (Covid Project)) (Past Research on Cameron Kerry)

Thursday, July 21, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/07/hours-after-john-kerry-demands-green.html 

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