The system was supposed to send certain payments to insurance companies as people signed up. The system was supposed to calculate the amount of premium tax credits and cost-sharing benefits that low- and middle-income enrollees were eligible for after they sign up for marketplace coverage. Then, the system would send insurers money to help pay for coverage.
This is another feature that will be postponed. To receive these payments insurers will now have to manually submit their subsidy payment requests to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which will verify the amounts and pay them electronically using the Medicare automated payment system.
As one would expect, the administration says that consumers will not be impacted by the change.
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