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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,884 posts)
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 02:50 PM Oct 2017

Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud

WASHINGTON — In signing a recent executive order, President Trump promised that millions of Americans could soon obtain “great, great health care” through inexpensive plans that offer consumers options they had been denied under the Affordable Care Act.

But these health plans, created for small businesses, have a darker side: They have a long history of fraud and abuse that have left employers and employees with hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid medical bills.

The problems are described in dozens of court cases and enforcement actions taken over more than a decade by federal and state officials who regulate the type of plans Mr. Trump is encouraging, known as association health plans.

In many cases, the Labor Department said, it has targeted “unscrupulous promoters who sell the promise of inexpensive health benefit insurance, but default on their obligations.” In several cases, it has found that people managing these health plans diverted premiums to their personal use.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cheaper-health-plans-promoted-by-trump-have-a-history-of-fraud/ar-AAtNX8r?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2017 OP
Advertised on the back of matchbooks. It will be filled with fraud and deception, just what RKP5637 Oct 2017 #1
he doesn't care. spanone Oct 2017 #2
These Plans were available Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #3
Right up trump's alley world wide wally Oct 2017 #4

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
1. Advertised on the back of matchbooks. It will be filled with fraud and deception, just what
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 02:54 PM
Oct 2017

Trump and his cronies love. Why oh why are so many Americans so F'en dumb. It's getting to be more than propaganda, they are just simply born stupid these days.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. These Plans were available
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 03:19 PM
Oct 2017

in the Nineties and up till ACA. 135 bucks a month for a couple,believe the Deductibles were Ten Grand per person and had such limited coverage. No Cancer treatment,most surgeries were not covered. These plans were sold by so called Representatives of a Insurance Group based in Texas. Seems to me,they were tied to the Carlyle Group.

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