A push to allow small businesses and self-employed business owners to join together in large groups to buy health insurance is seeing early success, despite concerns it could skirt Obamacare protections.
Republican members of Congress have moved a bill through the House that would boost association health plans, which are group health plans covering small employers and self-employed individuals in the same or different industries.
Association health plans offer the benefits of better bargaining for lower prices and better coverage enjoyed by large employers.
The activity comes as small businesses have largely shunned the small group market provided by the ...
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