{"id":21391,"date":"2017-02-06T05:47:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T05:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21391"},"modified":"2017-02-06T05:47:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T05:47:20","slug":"obamacare-hits-slump-falls-short-2016-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/obamacare-hits-slump-falls-short-2016-pace.html","title":{"rendered":"Obamacare hits slump, falls short of 2016 pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"Justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Obamacare hits slump, falls short of 2016 pace<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Obamacare hits slump, falls short of 2016 pace:- After years of steady growth Obamacare\u2019s sign-ups slumped in 2017, according to early numbers that suggest the law is struggling now that President Obama is no longer in office to give it a boost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The number of people selecting plans on the federal HealthCare.gov website dropped 4 percent this go-around compared to the 2016 season, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Democrats immediately blamed President Trump for sabotaging the law, saying sign-ups had been running ahead of schedule while Mr. Obama was overseeing things, but enthusiasm appeared to wane in the final days before the Jan. 31 sign-up deadline, after Mr. Trump\u2019s Jan. 20 inauguration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The new administration said the health care law itself was to blame, as customers faced double-digit premium hikes and fewer choices on the web-based insurance exchanges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u201cObamacare has failed the American people, with one broken promise after another,\u201d Health and Human Services Department spokesman Matt Lloyd said, in a sharp break in tone from an Obama administration that promoted the law for seven years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Policy analysts said HealthCare.gov\u2019s tally of 9.2 million customers for 2017 reflected a law that is still struggling to attract enough customers to put it on firm economic footing, though not unraveling, as its critics claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/feb\/5\/obamacare-hits-slump-falls-short-of-2016-pace\/?<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/obamacare-hits-slump-falls-short-2016-pace.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obamacare hits slump, falls short of 2016 pace Obamacare hits slump, falls short of 2016 pace:- After years of steady growth Obamacare\u2019s sign-ups slumped in 2017, according to early numbers that suggest the law is struggling now that President Obama is no longer in office to give it a boost. 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