Trump Health Plan Rule Could End Up Boosting Nemesis: Obamacare

Bryan Bitticks couldn’t get health-care coverage for the single moms and other hair stylists working for the string of California and Oregon salons that he and his wife own.

So, like other small business owners across the U.S. are starting to do, Bitticks signed up for a program, new as of Jan. 1, that lets employers give their workers cash to buy coverage on an Affordable Care Act exchange instead of providing coverage himself. The company’s contribution for each worker is $300 to $600 monthly, or $9,000 to $10,000 a month total, he said.

“I hope they’re the wave of ...