The open enrollment period for 2017 ends next week, on Jan. 31, and traditionally, signups have surged in the final days before the deadline. During last year’s open enrollment, for example, the percentage of 18-to-34-year-olds signing up for coverage increased with time. In the week of that last deadline, young people made up 37 percent of enrollees, up from 22 percent at the start of open enrollment. “The Trump administration’s outrageous decision tonight to sabotage open enrollment will mean coverage could cost more next year and insurers could drop out of the marketplace,” Counihan said. “They are shutting down outreach efforts that are effectively free,” Peck said.

Source: Huffington Post January 27, 2017 01:15 UTC