Drafters of the ACA exemptedshort-term health insurance policies from the pricing rules,benefits rules and other rules that apply to major medicalinsurance. (Image: Thinkstock)

A federal judge has issued a ruling that could help issuers,distributors and purchasers of short-term health insurance.

Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Leon has rejected efforts byphysician groups, consumer groups, mental health groups andother parties to keep the Trump administration fromletting short-term health insurance arrangements stay in place forup to three years.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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