{"id":1881,"date":"2023-10-19T19:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:25:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:25:41","slug":"the-open-enrollment-mixing-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"The Open Enrollment Mixing Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Autumn is for pumpkins and raking leaves \u2014 and open enrollment for health plans. Medicare\u2019s annual open enrollment began Oct. 1 and runs through Dec. 15. It will be followed shortly by the Affordable Care Act\u2019s annual open enrollment, which starts Nov. 1 and runs until Jan. 15 in most states. But what used to be a fairly simple annual task \u2014 renewing an existing health plan or choosing a new one \u2014 has become a confusing, time-consuming mess for many, due to our convoluted health care system.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ohio will be the next state where voters will decide whether to protect abortion rights. Those on both sides of the debate are gearing up for the November vote, with anti-abortion forces hoping to break a losing streak of state ballot measures related to abortion since the 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n