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Trump administration adds some ACA enrollees back after canceling 760K

NPR reports the administration has shared few details on how it canceled the enrollments, even as the next phase of its anti-fraud effort is already underway; clarity remains optional.

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  1. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRight, so what actually happened with these health plans?

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Trump administration canceled about seven hundred sixty thousand Affordable Care Act enrollments in an anti-fraud effort, and NPR reports it has now added some people back.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAdded back. Like a sandwich order that got lost.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo how did they decide who got cut?

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's the catch. The administration has given few details about its process, even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDoes this impact my coverage, or only people already enrolled in the ACA?

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIf you buy coverage through the ACA, it could, so it's worth checking your enrollment.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBeyond that, nobody knows yet how many more changes are coming.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI asked the robot toy for the mood of a process nobody can see. It just stared at me.

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