Breitbart: Delaware announced on Monday that it will curb less expensive Obamacare alternatives, known as short-term health plans, due to concerns that they may lead to higher Obamacare premiums.
Delaware officials said that fearing higher Obamacare premiums, they will curb cheaper Obamacare alternatives that President Donald Trump expanded through executive orders.
Trump expanded short-term limited-duration health insurance plans through an executive order in October 2017, which often cost less than Obamacare plans because they do not have to comply with all of Obamacare’s insurance regulations. Americans can purchase short-term health plans for as many as to 36 months, which serve as a less expensive option for those who cannot afford Obamacare insurance plans.
Fearing increased health insurance premiums, Delaware will curb short-term health plans in the state for three months to curb Delaware citizens’ consumer freedom in the state.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the current unsubsidized monthly premium for Delaware’s Obamacare exchanges costs $750 per month, whereas short-term health plans start at approximately $75 per month.
Delaware was not the first state to curb short-term health plans. In September, California banned short-term health insurance.
Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, featured far more expensive plans compared to short-term health plans. A mid-level Silver policy cost roughly $400 per month in southern California and approximately $500 per month in northern California, which compares to only $91 per month for a short-term policy.
Heritage Foundation health scholar Doug Badger said in a research paper that short-term health plans “offer broader choices of providers and lower premiums for people in good health than Obamacare policies.”
Badger added that short-term plans were “offering a lifeboat enabling them to escape Obamacare’s sinking ship.” MORE
another lasting legacy of traitor John McShitstain’s vote for Obamacare
I ask you where the government has the authority to do this?