In the meantime, Obama’s team has just two months left to manage the current open enrollment period on the health insurance marketplaces ― which ends Jan. 31, 11 days after Trump becomes president. Burwell and her department are also making a last-ditch effort to persuade a skeptical public that the Affordable Care Act shouldn’t be eliminated at all. “For most Americans, the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, has not affected your coverage ― except to make it stronger,” Obama said last month during a speech about the health care law. Erasing the law without a plausible successor will eradicate health coverage for millions and weaken it for still more. “They should come in and shop and see for themselves if they can find affordable coverage.”

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2016 23:15 UTC