Idaho thinks it has a better idea than Obamacare

Idaho isn't waiting for Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Only a few weeks after Governor C.L. Butch Otter issued a controversial -- and legally questionable -- executive order allowing insurers to sell plans that do not meet all of Obamacare's mandates, Blue Cross of Idaho unveiled a set of policies that could cost half as much as those sold on the exchanges.

"This is about affordability and choice," Charlene Maher, Blue Cross' CEO, said Wednesday, when announcing the new plans. "The current marketplace is not affordable for middle-class families."  Otter says that he's using the flexibility provided by the Trump administration to bring down costs. Idaho's Department of Insurance is now allowing insurers who offer policies on the Obamacare exchanges to also sell individual plans that base premiums on a consumer's health background, limit coverage to $1 million a year and cover fewer benefits -- all violations of the health reform law.

"We have been waiting patiently while Congress has been unable to find a solution and Idaho families have been forced to buy products that are too expensive and loaded with benefits they don't want or need," Otter said. "Now the door is open for states to pursue our own reasonable solutions. We believe Idaho will lead the way in states taking back control of their insurance markets."

Source :- cnn