Trump's Association Health Plans

[Monti_Ray]

This can disrupt group health market with tight deadlines.. How are you all preparing for it?

"Timing

Officials set the following effective dates for the new AHP framework regulations:

Sept. 1, 2018: New, fully insured arrangements.

Jan. 1, 2019: Existing self-insured MEWAs that want to comply with the new regulations.

April 1, 2019: New, self-insured AHPs."

SOURCE:
Trump's Association Health Plans Will Be Like Big Employer Plans: DOL | ThinkAdvisor
http:// https://www.thinkadvisor.co...s-will-be-like-big-e/?slreturn=20180524093016

 

[HealthGuy]

Why is there just a sound of crickets on this topic?

 

[The Benefit Coach]

I asked a few of my carrier contacts about it, and most said that they're either still studying it or that it wasn't something they had an appetite for at this time.

 

[The Benefit Coach]

It's a plan that would allow small unrelated employers to pool together to sponsor group health coverage for their employees.