Trump’s Group Health Plan Rules Struck Down as ACA ‘End-Run’
- Ruling is victory for blue states that sued to block policy
- U.S. judge calls Labor Department rule interpretation absurd
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One of President Donald Trump’s health-care initiatives intended as a cheaper alternative to Obamacare suffered a crucial defeat when a judge ruled the policy violates the Affordable Care Act.
U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington on Thursday blocked new rules governing so-called association health plans, or AHPs, which let businesses and individuals band together to create group health plans that offer less expensive coverage than the ACA -- but without some of its protections.