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March 29, 2019

Judge Strikes Trump Rule Allowing Employers to Circumvent Obamacare
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In healthcare news, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., struck down a
Trump administration rule enabling so-called association health plans,
which allows small businesses to jointly offer less expensive and more
restrictive health plans, outside of the Affordable Care Act. Trump
promoted the rule to business owners as a way to circumvent the ACA and
save money. The ruling comes days after the Justice Department argued
the ACA should be fully overturned, siding with a Texas judge who
declared President Barack Obama's signature health law unconstitutional
last December.


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