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If new discoveries completely disprove old theories‚ shouldn’t those old theories be discarded?  For decades‚ scientists have been assuring us that many of the fossils that they have been digging up are extremely old.  In some cases those fossils are supposed to be tens of millions of years old‚ and in other cases they are supposed to be hundreds of millions of years old.  But in recent years new discoveries have thrown that entire paradigm into question.  For example‚ scientists that examined the fossilized shell of a sea turtle that was discovered in Panama “found something surprising and perhaps impossible”… A team of paleontologists studying the fossilized shell of a sea turtle from the Miocene Epoch found something surprising and perhaps impossible: preserved bone cells that they believe may contain ancient DNA‚ the molecule that holds the genetic information of living things. In an ancient turtle shell found on Panama’s Piña Beach‚ northwest of Panama City‚ the team identified osteocytes‚ or bone cells. They then used a type of stain called DAPI to attempt to label the DNA in the fossilized cell structures. Their findings were published last week in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The Miocene Epoch was supposedly between 5 and 23 million years ago. But according to modern science‚ even under the most optimal conditions DNA would no longer be readable after approximately 1.5 million years… By comparing the specimens’ ages and degrees of DNA degradation‚ the researchers calculated that DNA has a half-life of 521 years. That means that after 521 years‚ half of the bonds between nucleotides in the backbone of a sample would have broken; after another 521 years half of the remaining bonds would have gone; and so on. The team predicts that even in a bone at an ideal preservation temperature of −5 ºC‚ effectively every bond would be destroyed after a maximum of 6.8 million years. The DNA would cease to be readable much earlier — perhaps after roughly 1.5 million years‚ when the remaining strands would be too short to give meaningful information. So what in the world is going on here? Scientists have also been discovering soft tissue in fossils that are supposedly extremely ancient‚ and that includes dinosaur bones.  The following comes from the History Channel… The fossils Maidment is referring to were uncovered in Canada a century ago‚ and eventually ended up in London’s Natural History Museum. They include a claw from a carnivorous theropod (possibly a Gorgosaurus)‚ a toe bone resembling that of a Triceratops and several limb and ankle bones of a duck-billed dinosaur. In order to find fresh‚ uncontaminated surfaces of the bones to examine‚ scientists broke tiny pieces off the fragmented fossils. When Sergio Bertazzo‚ a materials scientist at Imperial and Maidment’s co-lead researcher on the study‚ looked at the specimens using an electron microscope‚ he was shocked at what he saw. “One morning‚ I turned on the microscope‚ increased the magnification‚ and thought ‘wait—that looks like blood!’” Bertazzo told The Guardian‚ recounting his examination of the theropod claw. After finding what looked like red blood cells in two of the fossils‚ the researchers explored the possibility that the blood might be the result of historical contamination; for example‚ a curator or collector might have had a cut when they handled the specimen. But when they sliced through one of the red blood cells and saw what looked like a nucleus‚ they felt confident the blood was not human. Red blood cells of humans‚ like other mammals‚ are unusual among vertebrates because they lack a cell nucleus. And that wasn’t all. While examining a cross-section of a fossilized rib bone‚ the researchers spotted bands of fibers. When tested‚ the fibers were found to contain the same amino acids that makeup collagen‚ the main structural protein found in skin and other soft tissues. This isn’t supposed to happen. There is no possible way that dinosaur bones that are millions upon millions of years old are supposed to contain soft tissues. But they do. In fact‚ about a decade ago it was being reported that a fossil bed in China that was being hailed as “Jurassic Park” contained the greatest dinosaur soft tissue discoveries ever recorded. According to the Daily Mail‚ “nearly-complete skeletons” had been discovered that even included skin and feathers… Fossils include complete or nearly-complete skeletons associated with preserved soft tissues such as feathers‚ fur‚ skin or even‚ in some of the salamanders‚ external gills. One is the feathered dinosaur Epidexipteryx whose soft tissues have been revealed by the use of ultraviolet light scanners. A fossil of the salamander Chunerpeton shows not only the preserved skeleton but also its skin and external gills. If you believe that those specimens really are millions upon millions of years old‚ how can you explain that? Prior to 1991‚ scientists believed that it would literally be impossible to dig up dinosaur bones that contained soft tissue. But then Mary Schweitzer‚ a molecular paleontologist at North Carolina State University‚ made a discovery that shocked everyone.  The following comes from an article in Smithsonian Magazine… In 1991‚ Schweitzer was trying to study thin slices of bones from a 65-million-year-old T. rex. She was having a hard time getting the slices to stick to a glass slide‚ so she sought help from a molecular biologist at the university. The biologist‚ Gayle Callis‚ happened to take the slides to a veterinary conference‚ where she set up the ancient samples for others to look at. One of the vets went up to Callis and said‚ “Do you know you have red blood cells in that bone?” Sure enough‚ under a microscope‚ it appeared that the bone was filled with red disks. Later‚ Schweitzer recalls‚ “I looked at this and I looked at this and I thought‚ this can’t be. Red blood cells don’t preserve.” Schweitzer showed the slide to Horner. “When she first found the red-blood-cell-looking structures‚ I said‚ Yep‚ that’s what they look like‚” her mentor recalls. He thought it was possible they were red blood cells‚ but he gave her some advice: “Now see if you can find some evidence to show that that’s not what they are.” What she found instead was evidence of heme in the bones—additional support for the idea that they were red blood cells. Heme is a part of hemoglobin‚ the protein that carries oxygen in the blood and gives red blood cells their color. “It got me real curious as to exceptional preservation‚” she says. When Schweitzer made her discovery public‚ she was viciously assaulted by other scientists who insisted that finding soft tissue in a T. Rex fossil that was millions of years old was absolutely impossible. And they were right. It would be impossible to find soft tissue in a dinosaur bone that is 65 million years old. So obviously the specimen that Schweitzer was examining was a whole lot younger. Since 1991‚ there have been more than 100 similar soft tissue discoveries… All this to say‚ soft tissues have been found in dinosaur or “dinosaur era” (according to the evolutionary timeline) creatures now well over 100 times. These have been found in many different types of organisms ranging from dinosaurs to mammals‚ birds‚ plants‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ clams‚ insects and other arthropods‚ sponges‚ and worm fossils. Not only that‚ but they have also been found all over the world—from China to Mongolia to Russia‚ Madagascar‚ Europe‚ the UK‚ and all over North and South America. Which means they have been exposed to a wide variety of environmental conditions—cold‚ hot‚ wet‚ and dry. And even further‚ they have been found throughout the fossil record‚ from the Cambrian to the Triassic‚ Jurassic‚ and Cretaceous periods. And they’ve been found at all different levels—the oldest being a marine worm claimed to be 551 million years old! All over the world‚ soft tissues are being found in dinosaur fossils. If those fossils are thousands of years old‚ that would be possible‚ but it should not be possible if they are millions of years old. And when we carbon date dinosaur bones‚ those bones tell us the exact same thing. There should be absolutely no measurable radioactive carbon remaining in anything that has been dead for more than 100‚000 years. So in theory it should be absolutely impossible for us to find measurable radioactive carbon in dinosaur bones. But that is precisely what we find.  Here is one prominent example… “In June of 1990‚ Hugh Miller submitted two dinosaur bone fragments to the Department of Geosciences at the University in Tucson‚ Arizona for carbon-14 analysis. One fragment was from an unidentified dinosaur. The other was from an Allosaurus excavated by James Hall near Grand Junction‚ Colorado in 1989. Miller submitted the samples without disclosing the identity of the bones. (Had the scientists known the samples actually were from dinosaurs‚ they would not have bothered dating them‚ since it is assumed dinosaurs lived millions of years ago—outside the limits of radiocarbon dating.) Interestingly‚ the C-14 analysis indicated that the bones were from 10‚000-16‚000 years old—a far cry from their alleged 60-million-year-old age.” Others have conducted similar tests‚ and those tests have produced similar results… Real Science Radio interviewed a scientist returning from the American Geophysical Union’s conference in Singapore where his international team presented results from five respected laboratories documenting significant quantities of Carbon 14 in bones from ten dinosaurs excavated from Alaska‚ Europe‚ Texas‚ Montana‚ and China’s Gobi Desert. So much of what we have been taught about the ancient history of our planet has been proven to be rubbish by new evidence that has emerged. But in schools all over the globe‚ our young people continue to be indoctrinated with the old theories. It is absolutely infuriating. If you do not understand the past‚ you are not going to understand what is coming in the future. The history of our planet does not stretch back for millions upon millions of years. In reality‚ our history is far shorter and far stranger than most of us ever imagined‚ but most people will never know the truth because it is being purposely hidden from them. Michael’s new book entitled “Chaos” is now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com‚ and you can check out his new Substack newsletter right here. About the Author: My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled “Chaos” is now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  In addition to my new book I have written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including “7 Year Apocalypse”‚ “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”‚ “The Beginning Of The End”‚ and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. 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by Chris Burt‚ Activist Post: Biometrics are replacing identity documents in two of the most-read stories on Biometric Update this week‚ at least on a trial basis. Passports are still a necessary part of the traveler identity verification system‚ however‚ and being upgraded in several countries‚ while birth registration policies are changing in Nigeria. Though it was […]

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by Brandon Smith‚ Alt Market: There has been a lot of buzz lately about a recently released film by Netflix titled ‘Leave The World Behind’ based on a novel by the same name.  The plot revolves around a catastrophic collapse in the US triggered by a cyber attack (and mass drone attack) that shuts down the internet […]

by Kurt Zindulka‚ Breitbart: Only a “very small number” of modern battle tanks provided to Ukraine from Germany are still in use‚ a member of the governing coalition in the Bundestag has revealed. Green Party parliamentarian and defence expert Sebastian Schäfer admitted this week that the majority of the 18 Leopard 2 tanks supplied to […]

  One of the largest financial institutions in the United States is the health insurance industry. Most full-time employees can access health insurance through their employer‚ while those who are retired‚ unemployed‚ disabled military veterans‚ or low-income workers may receive either health insurance or direct health care through government assistance. Controversially‚ the US remains one of the few developed nations where most citizens in the labor force are expected to purchase their own health insurance plans‚ either on the health insurance marketplace or through their employers. Many find health insurance to be complicated and seek reforms to the system. When did health insurance begin‚ how has it evolved‚ and what do reformers want to see it evolve into?   Pre-Insurance Health Care &; Government Authority in the United States An image of the United States Constitution of 1787‚ which does not mention either public education or health care in any capacity‚ via the American Battlefield Trust   Health insurance is a relatively new concept in history. Prior to the early 1900s‚ almost all health care was paid for at the point of sale‚ and there was virtually no government regulation. Not until around 1910 did formal medical care have a measurably greater health outcome than not seeking formal care‚ and the education of doctors was often relaxed and unregulated. That year‚ the Flexner Report revolutionized medical school training by increasing academic standards and encouraging partnerships with hospitals for real-life training. The railroad industry led the country in developing employee health programs for maintaining worker productivity.   Although Progressive Era reformers were already calling for government health insurance‚ influenced by Europe‚ health insurance reforms were difficult because the federal government had little authority over health care. Health care is not mentioned in the US Constitution‚ meaning it is the province of the individual states (as stated in the Tenth Amendment of the Bill of Rights). This has made health insurance reform more difficult to enforce on a national level‚ even leading some to propose another constitutional amendment to include health care. Federal regulation of health insurance is indirect‚ with states having regulatory control.   1929: Hospital Insurance Emerges An aerial view of downtown Dallas‚ Texas in 1928‚ shortly before the creation of the first employer-sponsored health insurance plan in the US‚ via the University of Texas at Arlington   Because Americans’ use of formal medical care was rather minimal and sporadic up through the 1920s‚ modern‚ prepaid health insurance – where participants paid monthly premiums ahead of any medical treatment – first emerged in 1929. School teachers in Dallas‚ Texas paid $6 per year to receive hospitalization insurance. Hospitals liked this plan because people rarely needed hospital care‚ so the fixed premium payment was a reliable source of income. In 1934‚ commercial insurance companies began selling this hospitalization service in other markets. Hospitals accepted this arrangement because‚ due to the ongoing Great Depression‚ hospital occupancy rates were down from the late 1920s.   Initially‚ hospitalization insurance was not considered true insurance but rather a prepaid package of service. The state of New York‚ however‚ declared it to be insurance in 1933‚ and twenty-five states had followed suit by 1939. This placed hospitalization insurance under state insurance regulation authority. Around that time‚ hospitalization insurance began to expand to cover non-emergency surgeries‚ as these were distinct individual events. Also during this era‚ hospitalization insurance was divided into localized monopolies by the American Hospital Association (AHA)‚ which decreed that insurance plans could not compete against each other; this was struck down as unconstitutional in 1943.   World War II: Wage Controls Lead to Benefits Race A poster encouraging rationing and price controls during World War II to support the war effort and prevent inflation‚ via National Public Radio (NPR)   During World War II‚ the federal government took unprecedented control over the economy to ensure sufficient resources for the war effort. In October 1942‚ US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) froze wages to minimize inflation and ensure production. However‚ employers were still allowed to offer different fringe benefits‚ including employer-provided health insurance. This quickly led to a massive expansion of employer-sponsored health insurance…assisted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deciding that employer-sponsored insurance should be considered nontaxable in 1943.   Employer competition for workers and the nontaxable status of health insurance made it far easier and cheaper for people to get employer-sponsored health insurance than to buy private insurance plans. This began the tradition of most working-age adults in the US opting for employer-sponsored health care. Some workers received this coverage cost-free‚ with the employer paying for all of an employee’s premium costs‚ while others have to share the cost. Across all industries‚ employers average about 80 percent of the cost of an employee’s health insurance premium‚ meaning the remaining 20 percent is deducted from a worker’s paycheck.   1945: Harry S. Truman Proposes Universal Health Care US President Harry S. Truman (above) proposed a universal health care program for the United States in November 1945‚ via National Public Radio (NPR)   In autumn 1945‚ a few months after the end of World War II‚ new US President Harry S. Truman proposed a single-payer healthcare plan. The five-point plan‚ which would also increase funding for medical training and medical research‚ was rolled into a bill that was part of a Social Security expansion. However‚ after many years of elevated government spending (the New Deal followed immediately by World War II)‚ there was staunch opposition to any additional increase in taxes. In 1946‚ Republicans took back control of Congress and later helped quash Truman’s proposal‚ which had built on earlier work by FDR and the Wagner-Murray-Dingell Bill.   Truman’s support for public health care stemmed back to his service in World War I‚ where he was struck by how many men were considered medically unfit for service. He fought hard for his health care plan as president but was opposed by the American Medical Association (AMA) and anti-communists. The AMA argued that doctors would lose their autonomy under the plan‚ and anti-communists railed against the proposal as “socialized medicine.” Although Democrats retook Congress in 1948‚ conservative Democrats from the South (“southern Democrats”) were no longer willing to support New Deal-style legislation. Truman’s goal of single-payer health care through government-run health insurance‚ likely linked to Social Security‚ had failed.   1965: Medicare &; Medicaid Created A chart explaining the functions of Medicaid (for those in poverty) and Medicare (for those age 65 and older)‚ via Boston University School of Public Health   Twenty years after President Truman proposed universal‚ government-run health insurance‚ his Democratic successor Lyndon B. Johnson achieved a partial victory with the Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965. The need for government support for health care costs for the elderly had become significant due to the rapid growth in the number of elderly Americans over the past few decades. While many Americans over 60 were retired‚ medical care costs were rising roughly seven percent annually. Private insurance companies did not want to provide comprehensive health insurance to these septuagenarians (and older) because of their elevated health care needs compared to working-age citizens. Beginning around 1960‚ health care for the elderly was a top domestic issue for Congress.   Medicare was a grand government-run health insurance program that covered all basic health care for those age 65 and older‚ regardless of income. In 1972‚ it was expanded to cover some people who were disabled but under the age of 65. Medicaid was included as a program linked to poverty relief for those receiving cash assistance‚ though it was later expanded to include some groups (slightly) above the poverty level‚ such as single mothers with dependents‚ pregnant women‚ and people with disabilities. In 1997‚ the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was created as part of Medicaid to provide more coverage for uninsured children in the US‚ insuring about 1 in 7 youth.   Post-Vietnam War: Expansion of VA Medical Care A photograph of a quote from US President Abraham Lincoln‚ exemplifying the modern VA’s mission regarding veterans’ healthcare‚ via the Project on Government Oversight (POGO)   A third group needing government assistance in health care was military veterans‚ many of whom had become disabled during their military service and required extensive care. The modern Veterans Administration began after World War I‚ and the government vowed to take better care of veterans after the infamous Bonus March of 1932 during the Great Depression. The VHA‚ Veterans Health Administration‚ operated a network of hospitals that specialized in the unique medical care needs of veterans‚ including poison gas exposure from World War I. Veterans’ needs expanded during the Vietnam War in the 1960s due to the increased survivability of war wounds; many soldiers who would have perished during previous wars were able to be evacuated from the field.   VA medical care is considered separate from health insurance‚ as it is provided by VA hospitals. This makes the VA more similar to England’s National Health Service‚ which is single-provider care‚ than Medicare‚ which is single-payer care. Veterans receiving full VA benefits receive medical care at VA facilities‚ though many veterans also have private health insurance and can see private sector doctors. As of 2017‚ approximately 26 percent of working-age military veterans used VA care as their sole source of medical care. With roughly 7 percent of the US population consisting of military veterans in 2018‚ this meant that about one percent of the nation used VA care as their sole source of medical care.   Early 1970s: Richard Nixon Explores Universal Health Care Despite being a political conservative‚ US President Richard M. Nixon was an advocate for universal healthcare in the early 1970s‚ via The Commonwealth Fund.   The high rate of inflation caused by government spending during the 1960s‚ including on the Vietnam War‚ also high health care costs. In addition to soaring health care costs‚ millions of Americans still lacked health insurance in 1971. Millions more had health insurance that was not comprehensive; few policies at the time covered preventive care‚ such as checkups and vaccines. Influenced by family healthcare woes when he was growing up‚ US President Richard Nixon had a goal of achieving universal healthcare. However‚ unlike Truman’s single-payer proposal in 1945‚ Nixon’s proposed National Health Insurance Partnership Act in 1971 required employers to provide health insurance to all employees and their dependents.   Nixon’s proposal still involved some cost to the employee‚ with employees expected to cover about 25 percent of the cost of the premiums. In exchange‚ however‚ insurance plans would be required to be comprehensive. Unfortunately for Nixon‚ his Watergate scandal sapped his influence in Congress. Although Nixon’s broad plan was not adopted‚ he was able to pass a Medicare expansion to include those with kidney failure and other long-term disabilities in 1972. He encouraged competition between private insurance plans to try and maintain costs and also managed to expand Medicaid coverage‚ but did not achieve the universal health insurance coverage he sought.   1980s-1990s: Medicaid Devolved to the States A chart showing reforms to Medicaid since its creation in 1965‚ via the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)   Nixon achieved a few victories in increasing health insurance coverage‚ but the true conservative resurgence under US President Ronald Reagan meant there was no goal of increased government spending on health care in the early 1980s. Although Reagan supported the concept of universal coverage‚ he had opposed Medicare upon its inception in the 1960s because participation was mandatory. Reagan supported the concept of devolution during his tenure‚ which meant the return of power to the states. In the 1980s‚ states gained increased control over programs‚ including Medicaid.   Laws in 1981 and 1982 granted states more freedom to operate Medicaid‚ including increasing cost-sharing with Medicaid beneficiaries. However‚ legislation after 1982 required states to give Medicaid eligibility to additional groups‚ such as immigrants needing emergency medical treatment and pregnant women. In 1996‚ a Republican-controlled Congress pushed through a major devolution of welfare with the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. The law repealed the direct link between welfare and Medicaid and allowed states to set stricter income requirements to be eligible for Medicaid‚ as well as tougher restrictions on immigrants receiving Medicaid.   1993: Bill Clinton Explores Universal Health Care US First Lady Hillary Clinton proposed universal health care reforms in 1993‚ via The American Prospect   In 1992‚ Democratic candidate Bill Clinton won the presidential election‚ sparking renewed interest in liberal reforms in the new post-Cold War era. Immediately upon taking office in January 1993‚ Bill Clinton convened the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. First Lady Hillary Clinton was named chair of the task force. After eight months‚ the task force presented its proposal‚ which would provide universal health care coverage using a plan similar to that proposed by Richard Nixon twenty years earlier. The Clinton plan was more generous for workers‚ who would only have to contribute 20 percent of the premium cost versus 25 percent under Nixon’s plan.   In addition‚ the government would directly subsidize health insurance coverage costs for small businesses and self-employed citizens. Conservatives opposed this health care expansion‚ and even moderates and some liberals were not fans of the lengthy bill – it was over 1‚300 pages long! The Health Security Act fizzled out in Congress in September 1994 as Republicans were poised to gain control of the legislature. Faced with a Republican-controlled Congress in the mid-1990s‚ President Clinton did not re-attempt the legislation.   2010 – Present: Affordable Care Act (ACA) Era US President Barack Obama (above‚ at right) pushed through the Affordable Care Act‚ colloquially known as Obamacare‚ in 2010‚ via Cornell University   The biggest change to health insurance since 1965 came shortly after the election of Democratic candidate Barack Obama to the White House. Obama was able to push through comprehensive health insurance legislation where Clinton had been blocked some 15 years earlier. The Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ passed in 2010‚ increased health insurance coverage and forced insurance companies to provide comprehensive coverage. It increased requirements for employer-provided coverage‚ expanded Medicaid coverage‚ and required all health insurance plans purchased individually on the private market to provide comprehensive coverage.   In exchange for having to provide more comprehensive coverage‚ insurance companies benefited from having millions of additional enrollees because of the individual mandate. Controversially‚ the ACA required all Americans between ages 26 and 65 to maintain health insurance coverage or face a tax penalty (with one ACA reform being that young dependents are able to remain on their parent’s health insurance through age 25). The tax penalty for not having health insurance coverage reached a maximum of $2‚085 for a family between 2016 and 2018. The penalty was rationalized as being necessary to convince enough uninsured Americans (with incomes greater than 150 percent of the poverty line) to purchase health insurance coverage that it lowered prices for all consumers.   2015: Single Payer Health Care Reintroduced The latest push for universal health care‚ Medicare for All‚ was reintroduced in 2015 by US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in his presidential campaign‚ via the RAND Corporation   Although the ACA‚ colloquially known as Obamacare‚ was a major liberal reform to health insurance‚ many liberals and progressives believed it did not go far enough to achieve universal coverage. They also complained that it was complex and difficult to understand‚ similar to criticisms of the Clinton universal coverage plan in the early 1990s. Many liberals wanted a push for true single-payer health care‚ similar to the existing Medicare program that covered all citizens age 65 and older. In 2015‚ Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders‚ a US Senator from Vermont‚ reintroduced a single-player healthcare proposal for the first time since Truman’s 1945 plan.   As Sanders turned out to be a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination‚ the media began to explore and publicize his single-payer proposal. Although Sanders eventually lost the presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton‚ his strong performance and the popularity of his healthcare proposal put the concept of Medicare for All on the map. Bills to expand Medicare to cover all US residents have become increasingly supported by congressional Democrats. While current polls reveal a majority public support for single-payer health care‚ it is not a current policy proposal for the Biden presidential administration‚ which may remain in power through 2028.   2019: Obamacare Individual Mandate Abolished US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) promoting passage of the Tax Cuts &; Jobs Act of 2017‚ which removed the tax penalty for lacking health insurance‚ via the Brookings Institution   Despite majority public support for single-payer health care and the proposal of Medicare For All‚ Republicans won control of both Congress and the White House in the 2016 elections. Republican President Donald Trump vowed to repeal or eliminate Obamacare as part of his platform‚ but a congressional vote to do so failed in the Senate when three Republicans chose not to vote to repeal it. However‚ Trump was able to eliminate the individual mandate because it was attached to his successful tax cut proposal‚ the Tax Cuts &; Jobs Act of 2017. Therefore‚ although the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) remained in effect‚ there was no longer a penalty for not having health insurance beginning in 2019.   A person explores healthcare coverage options by looking at brochures‚ via Colorado Public Radio   The Trump administration also allowed states to tighten restrictions on Medicaid eligibility and reduced funding to help enroll people online in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. However‚ as states both operated Medicaid and the ACA plan marketplaces‚ the Trump administration reforms did not have uniform effects nationwide. In 2021‚ after Democratic nominee Joe Biden became president‚ he restored funding for Affordable Care Act programs using executive orders. Under both Trump and Biden‚ health insurance plans were required to offer free Covid-19 testing during the pandemic through the CARES (Coronavirus Aid‚ Relief‚ and Economic Support) Act. The CARES Act expired in 2022‚ and on May 11‚ 2023 the Covid pandemic was declared over.