Trump administration may block states' ACA essential health benefits additions

News June 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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What You Need To Know

  • The ACA essential health benefits package is supposed to resemble a standard employer plan benefits package.
  • Regulators use the EHB package to determine plan richness levels and run the premium subsidy program.
  • Fully insured small-group plans must provide EHB coverage.
  • Self-insured plans that cover an EHB item cannot put annual or lifetime limits on spending on that item.