Cohen Hosts Telephone Town Hall on Affordable Care Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight hosted a Telephone Town Hall with U.S. Health and Human Services Director of External Affairs Anton Gunn to discuss the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

“Town halls give constituents an opportunity to discuss issues and concerns about laws that have a daily impact on their lives,” said Congressman Cohen. “Today we discussed how the Affordable Care Act is already helping constituents in the Ninth District and answered many questions about the law.”

The Telephone Town Hall meeting began at 6:35 p.m. CST and lasted approximately one hour. More than 7,000 District 9 constituents participated in the call and asked questions about the Affordable Care Act. Since being elected to the House of Representatives in 2006, Congressman Cohen has hosted dozens of town hall meetings in his Congressional district and via telephone from Washington, D.C.

Additional information about the Affordable Care Act, including information about the health insurance plans made available through the health insurance marketplace, can be found online at https://HealthCare.gov (en Español: https://CuidadoDeSalud.gov). The website provides information and offers online web chats with trained specialists. A 24-hour hotline with translation services for 150 languages is available at (800) 318-2596. Additionally, the local non-profit Seedco offers trained experts to help walk Memphians and Shelby County residents through the application process and help them enroll in insurance plans. Seedco's Mid-South office is located at 22 North Front Street (Suite 900), and they can be reached by phone at (901) 528-8341.