Here's Your Health To-Do List Before Trump Takes Office

The election of Donald Trump and Mike Pence has many Americans wondering how the new administration will affect their health care options. During his campaign, Trump promised to repeal Obamacare. Although it’s impossible to predict whether or not he’ll make good on that promise, dismantling the Affordable Care Act would have a wide-reaching impact: According to the Congressional Budget Office, it could increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million.  And that may be just one of many moves the future president could make that would change the current state of healthcare in the U.S. Worried you’ll be affected? Here’s how to prepare for the next four years:   Have Obamacare? Speak up and don’t stop paying your premiums  If you’re one of the millions of Americans who have health insurance through the ACA, keep paying your premiums. Even if the ACA is repealed, it’s not clear how quickly health insurance would actually change. And if changes are announced, speak up. Contract your legislative representatives and tell them how changes to the law will affect you. “If enough people show their elected representatives how this change would adversely affect them, there is a possibility that some aspects of the law will be protected,” Miriam Laugesen, an associate professor at Columbia University and the author of a book on medical pricing, told The Huffington Post. While it’s always a good...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news