America's Health Insurance Plans

Trump Administration Expands 'Junk Insurance' Short-Term Plans to Undermine ACA

2018-08-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Trump administration finalized regulations expanding short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans from a maximum 3-month term (set by Obama in 2016) to 364 days with renewability up to 3 years total. These plans—derided by critics as ‘junk insurance’ and ’the Trump …

Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services Department of Labor Department of Treasury America's Health Insurance Plans +2 more healthcare aca-sabotage trump-administration insurance-regulation junk-insurance +2 more

ACA Passes with Individual Mandate Requiring Americans to Purchase Private Insurance, Delivering Industry Windfall

2010-03-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Obama signs the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the most significant healthcare legislation since Medicare. While expanding coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, the law’s architecture reflects extensive industry lobbying, featuring an individual mandate …

Barack Obama America's Health Insurance Plans Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Max Baucus Liz Fowler +1 more healthcare insurance-industry regulatory-capture individual-mandate lobbying