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Obamacare 2018 Enrollment Clouded by Uncertainty under Trump

Yasmeen Abutaleb  |  

The Trump administration is now planning changes for 2019. Last week, it proposed a rule giving states more flexibility over the benefits that must be covered by insurance. Under Obamacare, all insurers have to cover a set of 10 benefits, such as maternity and newborn care and prescription drugs.

 

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