30 senators send letter to Secretary Acosta and Asst. Secretary Rutledge requesting that the Department of Labor issue final rule to expand Association Health Plans
In the letter sent today to the
"A final regulation expanding access to AHPs could help three groups of Americans. First, it could help the 11 million Americans and their family members who are uninsured today because they work for a small employer or sole proprietorship that does not offer health insurance. Second, it could provide a new insurance option for the nine million Americans who purchase coverage in the individual market today without a subsidy under Obamacare and cannot afford the unsustainable rate increases that we have seen on the exchanges since the law took effect in 2014. Third, it could provide flexibility for a new insurance option for Americans who today have an offer of coverage through a small employer that does not meet their families' needs.
"AHPs can help these Americans by providing a lower cost alternative with the same sort of consumer protections and tax breaks that apply to employees who receive health care insurance from large employers. Employer-provided coverage is approximately
"These plans also include the important patient protections that apply to the roughly 160 million Americans who receive coverage from large employers. An AHP cannot charge a patient a higher premium because they have a pre-existing health condition, deny coverage of a pre-existing health condition, cancel an employee's plan because the employee gets sick or impose annual or lifetime limits on benefit coverage. An AHP must offer coverage to dependent children up to age 26, if dependent coverage is offered, and must cover preventive health services free of charge to the patient."
The letter was signed by: Senators
Read this original document at: https://www.help.senate.gov/chair/newsroom/press/senate-republicans-urge-trump-administration-to-expand-access-to-lower-cost-employer-insurance-to-potentially-millions-more-americans
In letter to Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma, Alexander says he’s turning to the Administration after Democrats in March blocked legislation to help Americans hurt by Obamacare
“I have tried to fix this problem in Congress. Unfortunately, not a single Democrat would work with us to repeal and replace Obamacare. When efforts to repeal the law stalled, I tried for seven months to find a short-term, bipartisan solution to help Americans trapped in the Obamacare marketplaces – and I appreciate your assistance on those efforts. I worked on a bipartisan proposal that included new permanent flexibility for the State Innovation Waivers, and funding that would have lowered premiums by up to 40 percent. But the Democrats in Congress blocked the proposal. They refuse to change a single word of the broken law.”
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