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Related: About this forumWhite House to order health care alternatives
Source: Associated Press
White House to order health care alternatives
By KEN THOMAS and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.
President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies. Experts say thats not guaranteed, partly because health insurance reflects local medical costs, which vary widely around the country.
Moreover, White House actions may come too late to have much impact on premiums for 2018.
Trump was expected to sign the executive order this week, likely on Thursday, a senior administration official said Sunday.
Under the presidents executive action, membership groups could sponsor insurance plans that cost less because for example they wouldnt have to offer the full menu of benefits required under the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare. Its unclear how the White House plans to overcome opposition from state insurance regulators, who see that as an end-run to avoid standards.
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By KEN THOMAS and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.
President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies. Experts say thats not guaranteed, partly because health insurance reflects local medical costs, which vary widely around the country.
Moreover, White House actions may come too late to have much impact on premiums for 2018.
Trump was expected to sign the executive order this week, likely on Thursday, a senior administration official said Sunday.
Under the presidents executive action, membership groups could sponsor insurance plans that cost less because for example they wouldnt have to offer the full menu of benefits required under the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare. Its unclear how the White House plans to overcome opposition from state insurance regulators, who see that as an end-run to avoid standards.
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White House to order health care alternatives (Original Post)
Eugene
Oct 2017
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HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)1. Clearly this is a constitutional violation
on so many levels -- Federalism, Separation of Powers, you name it.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. Less coverage, ummmmmmm
more debt . . . . bankruptcies . . . . sickness . . . . deaths. . . . .
More ER visits
DK504
(3,847 posts)3. As usual the Moron has no clue what he is doing. How many more pieces of evidence
does the public need?
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,750 posts)4. How can he legislate by executive order?
Are the President's powers unlimited?
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)5. He is timing this to screw up the ACA and open enrollment.