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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.
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RKP5637
(67,102 posts)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.
spanone
(135,816 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)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.