Trump’s Executive Order on Healthcare

Possible Impact on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

President Trump signed an executive order that may impact employer healthcare plans. The order directs the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury to review regulations issued under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

The October 12, 2017 Order directs the departments to explore ways to:

  • Create rules that allow employees to use Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) funds to pay for health care premiums, for plans employees purchase on the individual market, such as through the ACA’s Marketplace exchanges.
  • Expand rules for Association Health Plans (AHPs) to allow more employers to ban together and purchase health care plans, including across state lines.

The order also includes a request that Federal agencies revise existing ACA regulations to allow individual and small-group market plans, even ones that don’t adhere to ACA’s health coverage requirements.

Stay tuned for more information on possible changes to the Affordable Care Act and how it may impact employer healthcare plans.

Author: Stacy Johnston

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HR thought leader, Stacy Johnston, provides innovative HR solutions with a mission to support organizations in understanding and engaging their biggest competitive advantage… their employees. Johnston is a licensed attorney and holds the SHRM-CP and PHR credentials.

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