Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud

The following article by Robert Pear was posted on the New York Times website October 21, 2017:

President Trump with Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky as he signed an executive order on health care at the White House this month. Credit Evan Vucci/Associated Press

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. Continue reading “Cheaper Health Plans Promoted by Trump Have a History of Fraud”