Some 10.3 million people actually enrolled in Obamacare, as of mid-March, Trump administration officials said Monday. That's down from the 12.2 million who signed up for coverage when open enrollment ended on January 31.
President Donald Trump's budget plans to cut the Children's Health Insurance Program by at least 20% over the next two fiscal years and slash Medicaid, which covers millions more children.
If you've tried to schedule a doctor's appointment recently, you know it's a busy time of year for healthcare.
National news outlets have reported how insurance companies are cancelling coverage and dropping thousands of people from their plans because they don't comply with the health care law. But that might not be the case in Wisconsin.
With more than 30,000 uninsured people living in Wisconsin, local hospitals could potentially be seeing a sudden surge in new patients if those uninsured are able to get enrolled via the online marketplace.
The online marketplaces, where people can shop for health insurance, opened nationwide Tuesday - but here in Wisconsin and in several other states, glitches marred their launches.
Millions of uninsured Americans will have the opportunity to log on to their computers and shop for healthcare coverage starting tomorrow, when the health insurance marketplace goes live.
State, county and local officials are gearing up for next week, when thousands of Wisconsinites without healthcare coverage will be able to shop for insurance via an online marketplace.
