GA’s Block Grant Plan For ACA Subsidies, Non-QHPs Raises Concerns

Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp continues to tout his proposal to use the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1332 waiver provision to essentially get a block grant of ACA subsidies that could then be used by consumers to purchase non-compliant products outside of the healthcare.gov, but consumer advocates have myriad questions about the concept and wonder whether Kemp could get approval from CMS. In an op-ed posted Nov. 18, Kemp also reiterates that the waiver would help small businesses by letting...