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Federal judge lifts ACA broker freeze before open enrollment

A Maryland judge blocked CMS’s ACA broker registration freeze, allowing new agents to train and participate in open enrollment this season.

A federal judge has struck down the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) moratorium on new broker registrations for Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, allowing new agents and brokers to begin training and participate in the current open enrollment period.

The ruling, issued by a Maryland district court this

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