The health care coverage of 26 million Americans is at risk if the federal government does not allow multiemployer health care plans to participate fully in the Obamacare exchanges and other key aspects of the Affordable Care Act. The exchanges operate as an insurance store for health care consumers, distribute tax credits and subsidies, and are a cornerstone of President Obama’s health care reform legislation.
The incomplete Affordable Care Act does not address the participation of the multiemployer plans in health care reform. The answer to this and other gaps in the legislation is for the president to use his executive authority to fix them.
