Trump admin loosens restrictions on short-term plans

Insurers can now sell short-term health insurance plans for up to 12 months and make them plans renewable for up to three years.

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News | August 01, 2018 at 10:30 AM

short-term health insurance final rules Obama administration renewable Related: 3 tips for helping clients with short-term plans recent post association health plans report decision America's Health Insurance Plans under threat Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

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4 Supreme Court rules 6-3 for Affordable Care Act 'free' preventive care selection panel

5 House committee approves two employer health benefits bills

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Supreme Court backs away from PBM case, rejecting state efforts to control drug prices in self-funded plans

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The high court considered the Oklahoma case for more than year but then dismissed it without comment.

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Health policy researchers expect the number of uninsured to swell as the second Trump administration and a GOP-controlled Congress try to enact policies that explicitly roll back health coverage for the first time since the advent of the modern U.S. health system in the early 20th century.