Trump is finalizing one of his big proposals to undercut the ACA
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Association health plans, explained.
The Trump administration is releasing rules that would make it easier for small businesses and self-employed individuals to buy insurance that does not comply with Obamacare’s insurance regulations, another front in the White House’s attempts to undermine the law.
Association health plans, the subject of the new rules, do not have to follow the same rules as individual policies sold under Obamacare, meaning they are not required to cover all of the essential health benefits mandated by the Affordable Care Act, like maternity care, an important piece of the law’s protections for people with preexisting conditions.
Trump had asked federal agencies last fall to look for ways to expand the use of association health plans — groups of small businesses that pool together to buy health insurance — and to broaden the definition of short-term insurance, which is also exempted from the Affordable Care Act’s rules.
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