Can short-term and association-style health plans, recently permitted by the Trump administration, help reduce healthcare expenses for ordinary Americans?

Currently, healthcare is prohibitively expensive, with the average household spending at least 7 percent of take-home pay on health insurance alone. The most recent analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that average annual premiums have more than doubled for both individuals and families since 2002, far outpacing inflation. While many liberals point to the Affordable Care Act’s enrollment numbers, these gains mean little when coverage is too expensive to maintain, let alone use.