HHS Quietly Makes It Easier to Sign Up for Obamacare

People who have lost their health coverage since the beginning of the year now have a streamlined pathway to sign up for Obamacare.

The Department of Health and Human Services recently changed a question on the application for Affordable Care Act insurance to indicate that losing coverage since the start of the year allows people to sign up outside of the normal open enrollment period, according to people following ACA coverage.

Previously, the application for such coverage on the federal HealthCare.gov website used in 38 states asked if people had lost their coverage in the last 60 days—and the agency ...