"This rather weird political season leading up to the November presidential election is [a major challenge for health plans] ...

... while Clinton appears to want to 'stay the course' of the ACA (if not expand it), there is little clarity and less substance on what Trump intends to do (except 'repeal and replace,' but 'replace' with what?). The Republicans continue to struggle to offer 'solutions' for replacing the ACA, and though I've not had time to fully examine the recently proposed Sessions-Cassidy Bill, typically much of what politicians propose defies the economics of health insurance and is usually unworkable."

— Jack Rovner, principal at The Health Law Consultancy in Chicago, told AIS's Health Plan Week