Feds Finalize Strict Short-Term Plan Limits, Walk Back Fixed Indemnity Crackdown

  • Apr 05, 2024

    Trade groups representing health insurers and insurance agents are giving mixed reviews to a recently finalized rule that reinstated strict limits on short-term, limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans. 

    The rule, first proposed in July 2023, sought to revive Obama administration-era standards regarding STLDI plans — which are exempt from Affordable Care Act consumer protections such as barring insurers from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions. Both the Obama and Biden administrations were concerned that consumers often mistake such plans for comprehensive coverage, potentially leaving them with nasty surprises when they need care. 

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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