State freezes association health plan growth amid federal legal fight

Mike Pieciak is the commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
Association health insurance plans in Vermont must stop marketing and cannot enroll new employers due to uncertainty in the wake of a federal court decision, the state’s Department of Financial Regulation says.
The department’s new bulletin also says the state won’t approve any new association plans until the federal court ruling, which labeled association p