As Maryland health insurance officials scramble to get the word out about open enrollment starting Nov. 1, they and other state regulators are facing a big messaging challenge -- how to convince the public to buy insurance when the president does everything in his power to undermine Obamacare and create marketplace chaos.On today's show: Expert explanations and analysis of President Trump's executive order to cut federal subsidies that lower the cost of deductibles for lower-income people insured under the Affordable Care Act. And Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh calls Trump's action to end the subsidies 'perverse' and 'irrational.'Our guests:• Jonathan Weiner, professor in health care policy at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.• Jay Hancock, senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News.• Brian Frosh, Maryland attorney general, who has joined other state attorneys general in suing the administration over ACA funding.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-obamacare-marketing-20171016-story.htmlhttps://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-10-16/maryland-attorney-general-trump-shatters-obamacares-health-care-securityhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bal-roughly-speaking-obamacare-status-report-20160628-story.htmlhttps://khn.org/news/author/jay-hancock/http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-health-subsidies-20171013-story.html
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