华盛顿——总统乔·拜登100万美国人已经注册了健康保险在“奥巴马医保”下，在特殊的注册期内，为那些在冠状病毒流行病。
拜登在2月份重新开放了HealthCare.gov保险市场，这是一个为期六个月的特殊注册机会，将于8月15日到期。他的冠状病毒救助计划也增加了纳税人的补贴，使覆盖面对新老客户来说更好。
“医疗保健是一项权利，而不是特权——确保每一个美国人都能获得高质量、负担得起的服务医疗保健服务他们的需求是国家的当务之急。
拜登承诺在巴拉克·奥巴马总统的《平价医疗法案》的基础上，推动美国向全民医保迈进。他说，自十多年前成为法律以来，被称为“奥巴马医改”的法律一直是“数百万美国人的生命线”。
拜登说，美国在通过这一特殊的参保期扩大医疗保险覆盖面方面取得了“巨大进展”。
然而，白宫周二宣布的100万人的数字还包括那些原本有资格获得注册机会的人，即使没有拜登的特殊注册期。
生活的改变，如失去工作场所保险或结婚，被认为是一个“合格的生活事件”，允许人们在一年中的任何时候报名。政府称，去年约有39万人因2月15日至4月30日的生活变化而报名，2019年超过26万人。
因此，如果没有拜登的行动，今年无法注册的新客户净人数可能低于100万。
由于冠状病毒的经济打击造成的失业，未投保的美国人数量有所增加，但去年唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府拒绝了授权对未投保的大流行人群实行特殊参保期的呼吁。
共和党人特朗普一再发誓要废除和取代《患者保护与平价医疗法案》，但这一失败是这位前总统最大的失望之一。他的政府继续试图找到限制该计划或解除它的方法。
最高法院预计将于今年就特朗普对《患者保护与平价医疗法案》的最后一项法律挑战做出裁决。
Biden: 1M sign up for health care during special enrollment
WASHINGTON -- PresidentJoe Bidensaid Tuesday that 1 million Americans had signed up forhealth insuranceunder “Obamacare” during a special enrollment period for those needing coverage during thecoronaviruspandemic.
Biden reopened the HealthCare.gov insurance markets in February for a special six-month sign-up opportunity that will go through Aug. 15. His coronavirus relief package also boosted taxpayer subsidies, making the coverage a much better deal for new and current customers.
“Health care is a right, not a privilege — and ensuring that every single American has access to the quality, affordablehealth carethey need is a national imperative,” he said in a statement.
Biden has promised to build on President Barack Obama's Affordable Health Care Act to push the U.S. toward coverage for all. He said the law known as “Obamacare” has been “a lifeline for millions of Americans” since it became law more than a decade ago.
Biden said the U.S. had made “enormous progress" in expanding access to health insurance through this special enrollment period.
However, the 1 million figure announced Tuesday by the White House also includes people who would have otherwise qualified for a sign-up opportunity, even without Biden's special enrollment period.
A life change such as losing workplace coverage or getting married is considered a “qualifying life event” that allows people to sign up any time during the year. Last year about 390,000 people signed up because of life changes from Feb. 15-Apr. 30, the government said, and in 2019 it was more than 260,000.
So the net number of new customers who could not have enrolled this year but for Biden's action is likely lower than 1 million.
The number of uninsured Americans has risen because of job losses due to the economic hit of the coronavirus, but last year President Donald Trump's administration resisted calls to authorize a special enrollment period for people uninsured in the pandemic.
Failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act as Trump, a Republican, repeatedly vowed to do, was one of the former president's most bitter disappointments. His administration continued trying to find ways to limit the program or unravel it.
A Supreme Court decision on Trump’s final legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act is expected this year.
