House Committee Paints Damning Picture of Short-Term Plans

More than a year after they began probing health insurers and brokers for information to fuel an investigation of short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) plans, Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a report concluding that this market’s growth has come at the expense of consumers who are often duped into purchasing bare-bones coverage.

Policy experts, however, disagree about what conclusions can actually be drawn from the latest salvo in an ongoing debate over alternatives to Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plans.

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Leslie Small

Leslie Small

Leslie has been reporting and editing in various journalism roles for nearly a decade. Most recently, she was the senior editor of FierceHealthPayer, an e-newsletter covering the health insurance industry. A graduate of Penn State University, she previously served in editing roles at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado.

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