Trump’s order also instructs federal agencies to make it easier for individual Americans or small businesses to join together to get health insurance through so-called association health plans. Administration officials said that new associations would be subject to some of the ACA’s health insurance requirements. But association health plans historically have also been a way to circumvent state insurance regulations. If association health plans or short-term plans do not have to offer as many benefits as plans governed by the 2010 health law, they may cost less. Allowing less comprehensive health plans back into the market also tends to make health coverage more expensive for sick people.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 12, 2017 14:18 UTC