Idaho Insurance Head Defends State EO On Non-ACA Plans, But Some Say Illegal

Idaho's insurance chief tells Inside Health Policy that actions by both the Obama and the Trump administrations opened the door for GOP Governor Butch Otter's recent executive order and subsequent guidance letting insurance carrier sells non-ACA-compliant state-based health plans alongside ACA products in the state's exchange. But some leading health experts say the governor's executive order -- which many see as a state-level version of the amendment to the Senate health reform bill offered by Ted Cruz (R-TX) --...