November 2016 | Joel C. Cantor | Opinion: Moving on to Trumpcare
As talk of “repeal and replace” shifts from campaign slogan to serious policy debate, New Jersey has a great deal at stake. Over 670,000 New Jersey residents gained Medicaid or nongroup private health insurance since the implementation of the main coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014. Most of these people, nearly a half million, gained coverage through the Medicaid expansion. By the second quarter of this year, about 190,000 state residents were benefiting from premium subsidies offered through the health insurance marketplace, a number that will almost certainly grow during the open enrollment period that ends in January.