Idaho's move to let companies offer health insurance plans that don't meet Affordable Care Act standards is illegal, U.S. officials said Thursday. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, and Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron saying that the Affordable Care Act remains the law and that her agency has a duty to enforce it. In the letter, Verma said such a move would force the federal agency to enforce the provisions of the Affordable Care Act on behalf of the state. That rule would expand the availability of short-term, limited duration health insurance by allowing consumers to buy short-term plans that would cover them for just under a year. She said that with some modifications, the noncompliant plans could be turned into short-term plans for customers.

Source: ABC News March 09, 2018 00:11 UTC