Burwell says Obamacare is uncertain beyond 2017

Published December 22, 2016 10:00pm ET



Republicans have given plenty of indication that Obamacare will continue in 2017, but beyond that is a “different concern,” outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said Thursday.

Burwell urged people to keep enrolling in marketplace plans offered through the Affordable Care Act, in an interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd. She noted that while Republicans have vowed to repeal the healthcare law, President-elect Trump and other leaders have said they won’t immediately deprive people of marketplace coverage, and insurers have signed contracts for next year.

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