REALTOR ® Michael McGrew, a prominent NAR advocate, tells Congress it's necessary to
expand association health plans, but the concept needs more work before being finalized.
The administration has proposed rules to
expand association health plans and short - term health insurance.
«Moreover, we remain concerned about other regulations being put in place — including
expanded association health plans and short - term limited duration plans — will also push up premiums and create affordability problems for millions of Americans purchasing coverage in the individual health insurance market,» Donaldson said.
WASHINGTON (March 20, 2018)-- The National Association of Realtors ® offered its support today for
expanded association health plans in testimony before the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions.
NAR testified in support of
expanded association health plans before the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions.
Additionally, NAR came offered its support for
expanded association health plans in testimony before the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Not exact matches
The White House has been finalizing an executive order that would
expand health plans offered by
associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states.
Medical
associations have slammed the private
health insurer sector's
plan to
expand is Whitecoat website.
The New York
Health Plan Association, however, said the
expanded coverage proposed by Schneiderman will drive up costs.
Officials have proposed rules that would
expand short - term
health plans to last from 3 months to almost a year and allow small employers to band together to offer
association health plans.
Trump asked for
expanded access to three things:
association health plans, short - term
health insurance and
health reimbursement arrangements.
And the Trump administration has moved to
expand short - term
health insurance and
association health plans as an alternative to Obamacare
health insurance.
Again, as with the premium increases that would be caused by
expanded short - term
plans and
association health plans, people who get premium subsidies will be insulated from the rate hikes (via larger premium subsidies), while those who aren't eligible for subsidies will be subject to increasingly unaffordable coverage options.
With
expanded access to
association health plans, proposed by the Trump Administration in early 2018, small groups and self - employed individuals could obtain coverage under large group rules, which are much more relaxed than small group and individual market rules in terms of complying with the ACA.
Trump's executive order calls for «
expanding access» to
association health plans (AHPs), in order to allow small businesses to join together and obtain large group coverage (purchased from an insurer or self - insured), rather than having each business purchase its own small group
plan.
The DOL has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would
expand access to
health coverage through Association Health Plans (
health coverage through
Association Health Plans (
Health Plans (AHPs).
Support the president's executive order to
expand access to
health coverage by allowing more employers to form
association health plans.