4/9/2018

OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration took additional steps to weaken Obamacare on Monday [4-9-18], allowing U.S. states to relax the rules on what insurers must cover and giving states more power to regulate their individual insurance markets.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule that allows states to select essential health benefits that must be covered by individual insurance plans sold under former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. The 2010 Affordable Care Act requires coverage of 10 benefits, including maternity and newborn care and prescription drugs. Under the new rule, states can select from a much larger list which benefits insurers must cover.”

Reuters Staff, “Trump administration issues rule further watering down Obamacare,” Reuters, April 9, 2018 3:59 pm