New Complications In The Complex World Of Health Insurance

The recent announcement from Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta about new rules for "association health plans" (AHP) for small businesses and self-employed individuals are barely a month old (see The Beginning Of The End Of Parity) and have already earned a new label—"unworkable."

That was the description used by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), in a recent article from Politico that noted, "the NFIB, which vigorously promoted association health plans for two decades, now says it won't set one up, describing the new Trump rules as unworkable." This reaction has not been uncommon, even among groups . . .