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FlexBenefits CEO Jeff Smedsrud doesn’t expect the biggest Affordable Care Act changes to show up until 2026.
Credit: Thinkstock Republicans may not be able to use their election gains to make major changes in the Affordable Care Act until 2026, but they could increase the maximum duration of short-term health insurance policies to 12 months, from 3 months, quickly.
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Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
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