President Barack Obama has met with insurance executives and Planned Parenthood clinics to help encourage the uninsured to enroll on the exchanges when they open for enrollment in October. HHS has a $150 million budget for community grants to do the same, and Secretary Sebelius has made similar good-faith pleas for assistance getting the public onto the online marketplaces for coverage.
However, she has also requested financial assistance from private industry to help the agency’s efforts, although HHS claims it has not sought or accepted funding from hospitals, health insurers or pharmaceutical companies it regulates.
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