White House Looks To Trash "Junk" Insurance Plans

<p>Listen to <em>Health Affairs'</em> Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott discuss President Joe Biden's <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/07/fact-sheetpresident-biden-announces-new-actions-to-lower-health-care-costs-and-protect-consumers-from-scam-insurance-plans-and-junk-fees-as-part-of-bidenomics-push/">proposed rules to reduce "junk insurance.</a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/you-re-health-policy-wonk-if?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Read the "You're A Health Policy Wonk If..." submissions.</a></p><p>Read the <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20230602.799370/full/?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Underemployment Health Policy Brief</a>.</p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/administration-takes-action-limit-junk-health-insurance?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Administration Takes Action To Limit Junk Health Insurance</a> (<em>Health Affairs Forefront</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/biden-administration-takes-aim-medical-financing-products?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">The Biden Administration Takes Aim At Medical Financing Products</a> (<em>Health Affairs Forefront</em>)</li> </ul><p>C<em>urrently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/subscribe/individual?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_campaign=individual+subscriptions"><em>With your support,</em></a> <em>we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront</em> <em>and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p>