Early association health plans defy fears, offer comprehensive benefits

Modern Healthcare: When the Trump administration earlier this year made it easier for small businesses and self-employed workers to band together to buy insurance that didn't have to abide by all the Affordable Care Act rules, supporters of the ACA exchanges feared the worst.

Would easing restrictions on association health plans lure healthy people out of the ACA markets, causing premiums to spike for those who remained? Would consumers be duped into buying skimpier coverage that left them unprotected in a crisis?

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