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A longtime supporter of the multi-employer association health plan concept is trying to bring the Trump-era AHP rules back to life.
Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., has introduced a House joint resolution that would kill a recent U.S. Labor Department move to kill the AHP rules.
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In 2018, when Donald Trump was president, the department adopted rules intended to make it easier for employers to get their coverage from multi-employer AHPs.
The regulations would have helped employers get around state group health insurance requirements by joining multi-employer AHPs.
In May, the department overturned the multi-employer AHP regulations, arguing that the regulations fail to provide adequate solvency and care quality safeguards.
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Walberg is now working to reverse the reversal.
He introduced his proposed resolution Tuesday.
The measure has 14 co-sponsors. All of the co-sponsors are Republicans.
One of the co-sponsors is Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Education and the Workforce has jurisdiction over the bill.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
