The federal appeals court in D.C. seemed skeptical Friday that the Trump administration had acted unlawfully in expanding the duration of short-term health insurance plans.
“When Congress enacted the ACA, didn’t they adopt the definition of this short-term limited duration rule we effectively have now?” Judge Thomas Griffith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asked during oral argument, which was conducted remotely via telephone conference due to the risk of spreading the new coronavirus.
The Trump administration in 2018 expanded plans that qualify as short-term from three-month to 12-month plans that can be extended and renewed ...
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