Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
What Trump Can Do To Torch Obamacare Even If Congress Fails To Act
Politico: Trump's War Of Attrition Against Obamacare
Obamacare may escape another GOP repeal effort, but surviving a hostile administration could be a much tougher challenge. If a last-ditch repeal effort fails in Congress next week, all indications are the Trump administration will continue chipping away at the Affordable Care Act — if not torching it outright. (Demko and Pradhan, 7/21)
The Associated Press: Trump Administration Pulls Health Law Help In 18 Cities
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. Community groups say the move, announced to them by contractors last week, will make it even more difficult to enroll the uninsured and help people already covered re-enroll or shop for a new policy. (Johnson, 7/20)
The Daily Beast: Team Trump Used Obamacare Money To Run PR Effort Against It
The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it. The effort, which involves a multi-pronged social media push as well as video testimonials designed at damaging public opinion of President Obama’s health care law, is far more robust and sustained than has been publicly revealed or realized. (Stein, 7/20)
