Judge deals blow to ‘Trumpcare’ plans


(Worthy News) – A federal judge has struck down a rule letting individuals and small businesses pool together to buy health insurance, threatening a program encouraged by the Trump administration that was created as an escape hatch from high Obamacare premiums.

The ruling, issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge John Bates, a President George W. Bush appointee, came after 11 states and the District of Columbia sued saying that the rules violated Obamacare and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA.

Bates agreed, concluding in his opinion that the rule, issued by the Department of Labor, was “clearly an end-run around” Obamacare. He also stated the Trump administration didn’t have the authority under ERISA to change the rules. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]

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