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EPISODE · May 7, 2025 · 18 MIN

Telemarketers’ New Trick to Sell Bare-Bones Health Plans

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A few years ago, a former sitcom writer came up with a weird way to sell Americans cheap health plans, using a loophole in the Affordable Care Act. More than 100,000 households have signed up, but many say the coverage isn’t what they were promised.  On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg reporter Zach Mider shares what he learned while investigating the plans and what it could mean for the American health-care system if more people turn to them. Read more: A Former TV Writer Found a Health-Care Loophole That Threatens to Blow Up ObamacareSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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