Beshear and other Democratic AGs sue to block rule allowing 'association health plans' pushed by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul - Health News

Kentucky's Andy Beshear is one of 12 Democratic attorneys general suing the federal government over its new rules allowing "association health plans," a product long advocated by Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and recently approved by President Trump.

Paul argues that AHPs would make health insurance more affordable and accessible, but the Democrats say it would undermine "essential protections such as coverage of pre-existing conditions, newborn, maturity and pediatric services, substance abuse treatment and oral and vision care," a Beshear press release said.

The attorneys general are asking a federal judge to reject a Department of Labor rule allowing AHPs for employers. “If the rule allows spin-off employer association health groups that meet the ACA’s requirement of minimum essential health care coverage, then employees in these groups will lose their ability to garner federal tax credits,” Beshear said. “This will increase the cost of health care coverage for many Kentuckians.”

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