Senator Lindsey Graham
Senator Lindsey Graham, R-SC, announces legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare through block grants on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2017 Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

The new 2018 Open Enrollment Period for the Affordable Care Act runs from November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017, after the Trump administration reduced the period to the half. The deadline was normally until January 31, but according to the Health Care website, the Health Insurance Marketplace “It’s shorter this year.”

The government also cut the ACA advertising budget by 90%. According to the Trump's Department of Health and Human Services, the budget went from $100 million down to $10 million.

Executive Director of The Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, Daniel Polsky, tweeted that "Cutting ACA Advertising by 90% is evidence-based policy ... if policy goal is sabotage."

According to NPR, Oscar Health is the first private insurance company to step in to try to make up for government's advertising cuts. They started their own ad campaign for the Affordable Care Act, inviting young people to enroll.

The Health Care website shared 3 ways to stay up-to-date about the Marketplace:

  1. Sign up for email or text updates and reminders: Visit the Health Care homepage, enter your email address under “Get important news & updates,” and click “Sign up.”
  2. Connect with someone in your area to answer any questions you have: Visit the Find Local Help page and search by city and state or ZIP code to find trained helpers in your community.
  3. Interact with Health Care on social media: Follow them on Twitter, and like them on Facebook.

Women's March is inviting to take action and help to save ACA by calling to (202) 224-3121 and voting “NO” on the Cassidy Graham bill. The ACA mandates say that most Americans need to have health coverage or pay a fine, but the Cassidy Graham proposal says that “the individual mandate would be eliminated. There would be no replacement on the federal level, but states could make one, or even reinstate the mandate.”

According to ACA “the employer mandate requires larger companies to offer affordable coverage to their employees,” while the Cassidy Graham says “the employer mandate would be eliminated.”

Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance dates to enroll in federally run from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.

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