The administration relaxed rules that limited the sale of so-called short-term, limited duration plans, policies that don't have to include all the benefits required for exchange coverage and that can reject people with pre-existing conditions or charge them higher prices, for example.
One of the things in the executive order was to expand flexibility of the short term limited duration plans.
We listen to people that are saying, "We can't afford this, we need insurance, I can't afford the double digit rate increase". If you're in Iowa, that means you have one insurance company and their rates went up by over 50%, so people need alternatives, so short term limited duration plans give that alternative.
It would allow insurers to sell "short-term" or "limited duration" plans that would last for up to one year.
It would allow insurers to sell "short-term" or "limited duration" plans that would last for up to one year.
These "short-term, limited duration health plans" were originally intended as a bridge for people between jobs or other temporary circumstances.
Historically, "short-term, limited duration" health plans have served as a bridge for people between jobs or migrating from school to work.
Short-term, limited duration health insurance plans, or STLDIs, used to be an afterthought in the health insurance market.
Another limitation was the limited duration of follow-up.
Prepare life care plans either for a limited duration of anticipated future care needs or based on the individual's anticipated life expectancy.
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