House, In Rejecting Farm Bill, Sinks Measure To Set Up Agricultural Association Health Plans

By Ariel Cohen / May 18, 2018 at 5:57 PM
The House, in rejecting the farm bill Friday (May 18), sank a provision that would have created agricultural Association Health Plans. The provision would have authorized $65 million for the secretary of Agriculture to create up to 10 loans and grants to help support the creation of the plans. If passed, the farm bill would have set up the agricultural plans as a proposed rule on AHPs makes its way through the Trump administration. A Department of Labor rule expanding...


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