"[CMS] outlined a path for Idaho to still allow its state-based plans within the bounds of the law. It explained that ... HHS [has] proposed a rule that would expand the availability of short-term, limited duration health insurance, by allowing consumers to buy these plans for any period less than 12 months, rather than the current maximum period of less than three months.... In stopping Idaho's current plan, CMS may very well have given other states the green light to adopt more creative ways to skirt the requirements of the ACA."  MORE >>