Obama says he’ll revisit city with many Obamacare sign-ups

WASHINGTON — President Obama wants YOU to assistance get some-more people sealed up for Obamacare.

Beginning a third year of open enrollment on a open health word exchanges combined underneath a Affordable Care Act, a White House is rolling out a new plan to boost appearance above a fugitive 10 million mark.

Called a “Healthy Communities Challenge,” a debate will aim 20 cities with a many uninsured people authorised for marketplace coverage though who haven’t sealed up. Nationwide, a Department of Health and Human Services estimates there are 10.5 million such people.

Obama pronounced Saturday that a city with the many sign-ups will get bragging rights — and a presidential visit.

“If we live in one of a 20 cities participating in a Healthy Communities Challenge, we wish to see how many of your neighbors we can get sealed up,” Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address

Open enrollment for a exchanges began final week. Consumers contingency pointer adult by Dec. 15 in sequence to be commencement Jan. 1, though a White House will cruise new sign-ups by a finish of open enrollment in January, pronounced White House mouthpiece Katie Hill.

The White House was scheduled to recover sum on a “Healthy Communities Challenge” on Friday, though behind a rollout after Obama announced that his administration had denied a assent for a Keystone XL pipeline.

Participating cities are Atlanta, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Nashville, Chicago, New Orleans, Dallas, Oakland, Calif., Denver, Philadelphia, Detroit, Phoenix, Great Falls, Mont., Richmond, Va., Kansas City, Mo., Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Long Beach, Calif., and Tampa, Fla.

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