[sheikdetailfeather]

This is a big deal.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Woops! I typed the year as 2015. Can you change it to 2018? Thanks so much!

[stylin19a]

kinda like what GW Bush proposed...why couldn't he implement it ?

Specifically, the President would allow small busi­nesses to establish Association Health Plans (AHPs). This change would enable small businesses to band together through trade associations to purchase cov­erage for their employees. Moreover, the President would expand AHPs beyond conventional business arrangements, in which businesses compose the associations. Under this proposal, association health plans could be sponsored by a variety of organiza­tions, including civic and charitable groups, unions, trade associations, fraternal and ethnic organiza­tions, churches, and religious and faith-based orga­nizations.
All of these kinds of associations could offer coverage to their members, providing robust alternatives to the constrained and constricted health insurance options available to individuals in so many state insurance markets today.

The President's proposal would also permit indi­viduals to purchase health care coverage from insurance companies in other states.

http://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/examination-the-bush-health-care-agenda

[PGR88]

Association Health Plans already exist but are subject to federal limitations. They are subject to state requirements for insurance coverage,

I assume proto-fascist states like NY or CA will simply not allow AHP's to be marketed or sold within their borders.

[NohSpinZone]

Correction, it's a big effin' deal.

[Pollard]

Trump, with no help from the GOPestablishment of course.

[DoodleDawg]

Does this end the healthcare subsidies? No. Does it end the insurance company subsidies? No. Does it end the Medicaid expansion? No. Until something passes that does all that then don’t talk about “dismantling Obamacare”.

[livius]

This is a seriously big deal! I used to be part of a professional organization that had a health plan. It was basic, but it certainly would have covered anything major, which are everybody’s main concern. And then all of these small association or employer consortium plans somehow went away because of changes in the law (long before Obama, actually).

So this is wonderful news! Not only does it help the individual, it helps the organization, since many people used to join only to be able to subscribe to the health plan.

[Admin Moderator]

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[9YearLurker]

This is what Rand pushed so hard for, isn’t it?

It’s a big deal, too.