The Trump administration is moving to allow health insurers to sell lower costs, less comprehensive medical plans as an alternative to Obamacare. The new rules allow people to purchase short term insurance for up to 12 months reversing an Obama administration decision which limited the plans to three months. Democrats are fuming over this move; Senator Ron Wyden says it's promoting quote junk insurance.
A coalition of 20 states filed a lawsuit claiming Obamacare is unconstitutional yesterday. Vox’s Sarah Kliff says that’s just the latest pushback on the Affordable Care Act. Idaho has been quietly allowing insurance plans that don’t comply with Obamacare’s rules, and the Trump administration hasn’t been doing anything to stop it. Experts say if the federal government doesn’t intervene, other red states will likely follow in Idaho’s footsteps.
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