In lawsuit over a Trump health initiative, Bevin, Beshear put Kentucky on both sides.
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin filed a brief in a federal court case last Friday, defending a Trump administration effort to expand Association Health Plans, which allow similar small businesses to band together and provide health insurance plans that are exempt from some of the protections of the Affordable Care Act
It was a turn-of-the screw legal filing in an appeal after a federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s initiative in March. The catch? It put Kentucky on both sides of the argument.
Attorney General Andy Beshear made Kentucky one of 11 states who filed the lawsuit to block the expansion of Association Health Plans — which the Labor Department says gives small businesses “more choice, more access and more coverage” and President Trump once said will “rescue Americans from Obamacare and the Obamacare nightmare.” The states claimed it was an effort to undercut the Affordable Care Act because the association health plans didn’t always have to provide coverage for “essential health benefits” like mental health care and coverage for prescription drugs.
By joining the lawsuit opposite Beshear, Bevin is highlighting one of the stark areas of contrast between the two political foes vying to lead the state this year: healthcare.
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