Executive orders nibble away at the Affordable Care Act

Trudy Lieberman

Rural Health News Service

As annual enrollment for “Obamacare” insurance approaches, Nov. 1, the law itself and the people who have come to depend on it for health coverage are both facing an uncertain future.

President Donald Trump’s recent executive actions affect the complicated insurance mechanics of the Affordable Care Act, and they haven’t been well explained in the news media. This column will explain how those changes affect people.

Congress has tried but has not been able to “repeal and replace” the law that has brought health insurance to some 10 million Americans who...