A D.C. federal judge upheld Friday the Trump administration’s expansion of insurance plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act — a key part of its health care agenda.
The big picture: The Department of Health and Human Services last year allowed consumers to keep barebones, lightly regulated “short-term” health insurance for up to three years — longer than than the Obama administration had allowed. HHS does have the legal authority to change those limits as it sees fit, Judge Richard Leon ruled today.
View the July 19 article by Sam Baker on the Axios website here.