US EditionAlabama lawmakers approve bill to let Alfa sell health benefit plans
- On Thursday, Alabama lawmakers passed a bill by a 30-2 vote in the Senate permitting the Alabama Farmers Federation to offer health benefit plans to its members.
- The bill aims to offer a less costly option amid high health care costs by enabling Alfa to sell plans not classified as insurance and exempt from ACA rules.
- The plans provide benefits for medical visits and other expenses but can deny coverage to new applicants based on health history and exclude those with employer coverage.
- Senator Arthur Orr, a Republican, described the proposal as a matter of individuals' and organizations' right to enter contracts freely, and mentioned that more than a dozen states such as Tennessee and Iowa have enacted comparable legislation, while critics cautioned that the bill could bypass federal regulations.
- The legislation now awaits Governor Kay Ivey’s signature and could expand options for farmers, though debates over consumer protections and coverage denials persist.
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Alabama lawmakers approve bill to let ALFA sell health benefit plans
State lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation that will allow the Alabama Farmers Federation to sell health care plans to their members that can bypass federal requirements and turn people away for preexisting conditions.
Bill allowing Farmers Federation to offer health plans goes to governor
A bill that would authorize the Alabama Farmers Federation to offer health coverage plans to its members is headed to the desk of Gov. Kay Ivey to be signed into law. After being amended 18 times in the House, House Bill 477 by Rep. David Faulkner, R-Mountain Brook, escaped further changes in the Senate despite attempts to add coverage for pre-existing conditions by Senate minority leader Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro. Singleton tried to add the…
Bill allowing Alfa health benefit plans passes Alabama Senate
Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, speaks to a colleague on the floor of the Alabama Senate on April 3, 2025 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama Senate Thursday approved a bill handled by Orr in the Senate that would allow the Alabama Farmers Federation to sell health care plans to members. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)The Alabama Senate passed a bill Thursday to allow the state’s dominant agricultural organization to offer …
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Alabama lawmakers approve bill to let Alfa sell health benefit plans
State lawmakers have approved legislation that would allow the Alabama Farmers Federation to offer health care coverage to its members that would not be regulated as health insurance. The Alabama Senate approved the bill Thursday. The bill now goes to…
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