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Potential ACA actions the Trump Administration could take

A new Trump administration could dramatically alter the Affordable Care Act through either massive changes, technical fixes, or cuts to subsidies and protections.

By Michael Popke | November 12, 2024 at 09:03 AM
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A new Donald Trump Administration has the potential to significantly impact health care in the United States, and the Affordable Care Act (also known as ACA or “Obamacare”) is frequently mentioned as a potential target.“Obamacare was lousy health care. Always was,” Trump said during his debate with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in September. “It’s not very good today and, what I said, that if we come up with something, we are working on things, we’re going to do it and we’re going to replace it.” Asked by moderator Linsey Davis to clarify if he had a plan, Trump responded by saying he had “concepts of a plan” to replace Obamacare.Now, the president-elect’s concepts need to be turned into actual plans if he’s going to take action against ACA. BenefitsPRO rounded up three possible scenarios that experts envision:

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