Gov. Brian Kemp has released his long-awaited plan that he says will lower costs and increase options for people who buy health coverage on the individual insurance marketplace.
Kemp will ask the Trump administration for permission to set up a reinsurance program that uses hundreds of millions of state and federal dollars to help insurance companies cover high-cost claims.
He also wants to break Georgia’s ties with the Obamacare enrollment website, Healthcare.gov, and give third-party platforms and brokers a larger role in connecting people to coverage. That would allow people to enroll in plans that don’t meet Affordable Care Act standards.
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