Are the Health Plans Trump Promoted Any Good?
What if there was a way to get much cheaper health insurance, anytime you want, without paying the Obamacare penalty?
The executive order President Trump signed last week might make that a reality. It encouraged federal agencies to make new rules regarding some relatively obscure types of insurance plans: short-term plans and association plans.
The most significant change might involve the short-term plans. These are very bare-bones plans that some people already buy if they’re between jobs or waiting for an open-enrollment period to start. Under Obamacare, these plans could only last three months, and they could not be renewed. The executive order—and the new rules federal agencies create as a result—might make them last up to a year and be renewable. In essence,
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