Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 2/28/19

A state Senate bill advanced Thursday that would allow small employers to offer an association health-insurance plan that could provide lower premium costs. Senate Bill 86 would loosen the requirements for AHPs in North Carolina in response to federal Labor Department changes made in June by the Trump administration. The bill cleared the Senate Commerce and Insurance committee. It now goes to the Senate Healthcare committee, and if approved, to the Senate

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