![]() ![]() And they walk you through that process step by step." It is very daunting, he admits freely, even for him. They've seen 100 of these applications, whereas for a consumer, it's probably their first one and it looks very, very daunting. Navigators "know the ins and outs, they know the process. That's critical help, says the group’s policy director, Mark Fairchild. In Indiana, for example, Covering Kids and Families of Indiana has navigators to help in the process. Some states have picked up that dropped ball, and in some others nonprofit groups have stepped into the void. It’s just like watching the ball drop in New York’s Times Square: 10987654321 As of this writing, the law to which it will change will be the pre-EGTRRA/TRA law. One of the reasons has to be the drastic cuts the Trump administration has made in funding for outreach and advertising. As of this blog posting, there are 12 days left before the clock strikes midnight on December 31 st and the law changes. Joshua Peck, co-founder of the organization Get America Covered, has the details and the discouraging news: "The number of people signing up for coverage this week doesn't give us any reason to believe there are any fundamental changes to the trends we've seen in past weeks-sign-ups still appear to be on track to lag behind last year's totals." There's no way to make the numbers so far look good, thanks in large part to Trump administration sabotage. ![]() There are just 12 more days in an already truncated open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act plans (in most states). ![]()
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