Updated 10/12/2017 10:48 AM PDT
1/ Trump signed an executive order easing some Affordable Care Act rules for small businesses that band together to buy health insurance as an association. The order will also lift limits on limited coverage, short-term insurance, and expand ways workers could use employer-funded accounts to buy their own insurance policies. Critics say that by relaxing standards, Trump would be creating low-cost insurance options for healthier, younger consumers, which would result in higher costs for the sick and potentially destabilize the ACA insurance marketplace. (New York Times / Washington Post / Wall Street Journal)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/10/12/day-266/