Making Short-Term Plans a Long Term Coverage Option: Risks to Consumers and to Markets
…enrolled in ACA-compliant coverage. The Urban Institute has estimated that the effect of the administration’s short-term plan rule alone would reduce enrollment in ACA-compliant plans by 19 percent. When combined with the repeal of the individual mandate penalty, cuts to marketplace advertising budgets, and the expansion of association health plans for the self-employed, ACA-compliant plan enrollment could decline by as…