Benefits Think Limiting short-term health plans will limit patient and broker choice

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The Biden administration could soon finalize a rule that strips millions of Americans of health insurance plans they like — and makes it more difficult for brokers to offer the affordable coverage options that so many people need. 

That’s not the president’s pitch, of course. He claims the rule, which would limit the duration of short-term health plans, is necessary to protect unsuspecting Americans from rapacious brokers trying to “sucker” them into purchasing “junk” insurance that doesn’t actually protect them if they get sick. 

Sally C. Pipes
President and CEO

Sally C. Pipes is president, CEO and Thomas W. Smith fellow in health care policy, Pacific Research Institute.


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