WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is ordering government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window.
It will offer uninsured Americans a haven as COVID-19 remains dangerously high and vaccines are not yet widely available.
Biden signed an executive order Thursday directing the “Obamacare” HealthCare.gov insurance markets to take new applications for subsidized benefits.
He also instructed his administration to consider reversing other Trump administration health care policies, including curbs on abortion counseling and the imposition of work requirements for low-income people getting Medicaid.
The new health care sign-up period will run from February 15 to May 15.
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