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OPEN MARKET

In this Oct. 26, 2017, photo, a woman walks past the Briva Health enrollment office for MNsure, Minnesota’s insurance marketplace, in Minneapolis.
Associated Press
It will be a tale of 2 countries as open enrollment begins

By KYLE POTTER health insurance marketplaces, market in much of the country, the 12 hours of maintenance nearly
Associated Press maintaining control over advertis- Trump administration has slashed every Sunday during open enroll-
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Trump ing and the help they can offer spending on advertising by 90 per- ment. The 12 states with their own
administration’s efforts to under- consumers. That will create a strik- cent and drastically reduced bud- exchanges are free to chart their
mine the Affordable Care Act ing difference when open enroll- gets for the groups that help con- own course and make it easier on
have health care advocates and ment begins Wednesday between sumers choose a plan. It cut the consumers. Nine have extended
insurers concerned that the open those states and the others that open enrollment period in half, to open enrollment beyond Dec. 15
enrollment period will be one of rely on the federal marketplace, six weeks. Shortening the sign-up — by a week in some states and six
chaos and confusion. essentially creating a tale of two window further, the federal gov- weeks in others.
That’s not true everywhere. countries. ernment will shut down its online
A dozen states operate their own For the individual health insurance marketplace, healthcare.gov, for Continued on Page 3