{"id":9154,"date":"2018-01-05T08:22:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9154"},"modified":"2018-01-05T08:22:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:22:54","slug":"trump-administration-rule-paves-way-for-association-health-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9154","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Rule Paves Way For Association Health Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Labor on Thursday released proposed\u00a0new rules\u00a0that proponents say will make it easier for businesses to band together in \u201cassociations\u201d to buy health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>These rules, supporters say, will lead to more affordable choices for some small businesses and sole proprietors, likely starting in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/trump-administration-rule-paves-way-for-association-health-plans\/?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=59802176&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9hz9HdgGD2wjzp4_4ZJBHQiP2MoMmJRptnpnmtkk8Ykz4MZavI8ggt2CHy7BTiZ81Ut_7pylPCMcQW5-aKgQo4ujmIqA&amp;_hsmi=59802176\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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