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WASHINGTON, D.C., October 12, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – President Trump signed an executive order today knocking down part of Obamacare by making it easier for people to get cheaper health insurance plans.
Trump’s order is “aimed at letting small businesses band together across state lines to buy cheaper, less regulated health plans for their employees with fewer benefits,” according to Reuters.
“The new, less regulated insurance plans could provide an attractive alternative to consumers who don’t expect to have large medical bills and who are frustrated with the high premiums they pay for policies today,” according to The Huffington Post. The executive order “would undermine rules about who and what insurers must cover.”
The complaint many young people have with Obamacare is it forces them to pay more for insurance to cover sicker old people. Obamacare depends on the participation of young, healthy people in its expensive plans.
Under Trump’s order, people may be able to purchase health insurance plans that don’t cover maternity care and other “essential health benefits.” Critics of Obamacare say only half the population needs maternity care. Proponents of Obamacare say this is one of the bill’s strengths.
Senator Rand Paul, R-Kentucky,
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