According to insurance industry officials on Monday, public interest, as well as public fears, has been soaring in Obamacare over concerns that Trump and the Republican Congress will repeal the healthcare law.
“With the election, people are hearing about this repeal and they want to know: ‘Does this mean it’s all going away and we’re going to lose everything?’” said Scott Leavitt, an agent in Boise, Idaho. “People are uncertain about what’s going to happen because of the election. The point is we don’t know.”
What’s more, traffic on the government healthcare site spiked on the day after the election, with 100,000 people signing up for coverage in the wake of the election results.
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Prior to the election, most industry officials were fielding calls related to rising costs and lowered coverage, but now, the conversation has shifted 180 degrees.
“In almost every conversation, the question comes up: ‘So is this all going to be gone at the end of the year?’” Leavitt said. “It’s on the minds of almost everyone. ‘What does the future hold now?’”
If Republicans are not able to come up with a suitable replacement for the health care law before its appeal, around 22 million people could lose coverage, so the threat is painfully real to many American families.