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Affordable Care Act Update

KUNM | By Courtney Brooks
Published February 9, 2015 at 10:01 AM MST
Great Plains Tribal Chairmans Health Board via http://nativeamericacalling.com/

 Mon. 02/09 11a: Last year, the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare required that all Americans have health insurance coverage. While American Indians and Alaska Natives are exempt from the shared responsibility payment, there has been a push to sign up Natives for health insurance. This year’s deadline is approaching. Today we check in on whether people across Native America are signing up for insurance. Our guests can answer your questions about health insurance. Have you signed up for insurance under Obamacare? Why or why not?
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