OBAMACARE SHOULD CONTINUE TO
EXIST CAME FRONT AND CENTER THIS
WEEK WHEN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
HELD ORAL ARGUMENTS OVER WHETHER
IT SHOULD BE REPEALED.
REPUBLICANS HAVE WORKED TO
OVERTURN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
SINCE ITS ENACTMENT TEN YEARS
AGO.
PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN HAS VOWED
TO EXPAND IT.
BUT THE ACA GOT ANOTHER TEST
BEFORE THE HIGH COURT WHEN IT
CONSIDERED WHETHER IT'S
PROVISIONS LIKE COVERAGE FOR
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS CAN
REMAIN EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL
MANDATE TO HOLD INSURANCE IS
STRUCK DOWN.
ALL OF THIS COMES AS THE ACA
ENROLLMENT WINDOW IS NOW OPEN.
BASKETBALLBOBBY PETERSON IS IN A PUBLIC
ACCESS LAW FIRM THAT HELPS
CONSUMERS NAVIGATE THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON THE
DIRECTION OF THE HIGH COURT WHEN
IT COMES TO THIS QUESTION OF
WHETHER THE ACA SHOULD BE
REPEALED?
>> WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
CHALLENGED ACTS IN MODERN
HISTORY BUT IT'S THE SEVENTH
TIME IN EIGHT YEARS THAT THE ACA
HAS BEEN CHALLENGED.
IT'S COMPLICATED LEGAL ARGUMENTS
THAT RELATE TO STANDING.
DO THE STATES THAT ARE
CHALLENGING THIS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE, HAVE
THEY SUFFERED A HARM?
THE NEXT PART OF IT IS DO THEY
HAVE -- IS THE CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUE RELATED TO THE MANDATE, IS
IT CONSTITUTIONAL OR NOT NOW
THAT THEY'VE ZEROED ON YOU ZEROED OUT THE TAX.
ORIGINALLY THE ACA PASSED THE
SUPREME COURT REVIEW BECAUSE
THEY CONSIDERED IT A TAX.
ONCE THE TAX BECAME ZERO, IS IT
STILL VALID.
THE THIRD ISSUE THEN IS SEVERE
SEVEREABILITY AND THAT IS A BIG
ISSUE BECAUSE IF THE SUPREME
COURT FINDS THAT THE MANDATE IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, DOES THAT WIPE
OUT THE WHOLE ACA.
I WAS REALLY HEARTENED BY THE
CONVERSATIONS OF THE JUSTICES
AND LISTENING TO SOME OF THE
ORAL ARGUMENT THAT THEY HAD
SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER
ELIMINATING THE MANDATE HAS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL COULD TAKE OUT
THE WHOLE ACA.
SO THE SEVERABILITY ISSUE
BECOMES REMOTE FROM LISTENING TO
THE ART.
ARGUMENT.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN OPEN
ENROLLMENT.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE
TO SIGN UP FOR HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE.
>> RIGHT.
SO YOU WERE JUST SAYING THAT ANY
DECISION IS NOT LIKELY TO COME
ON THIS UNTIL JUNE AND, AS YOU
SAY, THE ENROLLMENT WINDOW FOR
2021 ACA PLANS OPENED NOVEMBER 1
AND IS OPEN UNTIL DECEMBER 1.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT THAT
MAY BE NEW OR DIFFERENT THIS
YEAR?
LIKE HOW DO PREMIUMS LOOK?
>> PREMIUMS LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
GENERALLY THERE'S A LOT OF
AVAILABILITY ON THE MARKETPLACE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE TO SHOP ON THE
MARKETPLACE.
I THINK A GOOD PLACE TO GO IS
THE WISCOVER.COM WEBSITE.
THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER SET
UP A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION,
HOW TO ACCESS.
THERE'S A FEDERAL POVERTY CAL
CALCULATOR.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO SIGN UP FOR
COVERAGE FOR 2021.
IF YOU'RE FACING COVERAGE
CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IF YOU'RE
LOOKING AT DECEMBER 1, YOU NEED
TO GET AN APPLICATION INTO THE
MARKETPLACE BEFORE THE 15TH OF
NOVEMBER.
SO THAT WINDOW IS CLOSING FOR
COVERAGE ON DECEMBER 1.
BUT THERE IS TIME TO LOOK AT
OPTIONS FOR 2021 ALL THE WAY
THROUGH DECEMBER 15.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BOBBY PETERSON, WE NEED TO LEAVE
IT THERE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE ON
THIS AND WE'LL OF COURSE BE
CHECKING BACK IN WITH YOU AS
THIS PROCESS PROCEEDS.
THAN