Support allowing businesses and associations to pool health plans to secure larger premium discounts.

Mike Bost · Illinois · Republican

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.72 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

That’s why he supports allowing businesses and associations to pull together their health plans to obtain larger health care premium discounts from major health insurers.

The candidate supports pooling health plans to reduce premiums.

Issues – Bost for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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Bost said the American Health Care Act was a step to decrease premiums and expand and enhance health care options, reflecting support for market-based coverage reforms.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official statement showing Bost supported legislation aimed at expanding private health options and lowering premiums, which is directionally consistent with pooled-employer health coverage.

partial same_term A for effort

Bost Statement on Health Care Vote | Press Releases | Congressman Mike Bost
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 78%

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DOL proposed expanding access to small business health plans, also called Association Health Plans, to let small businesses and sole proprietors band together for coverage.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official federal rulemaking confirms the policy Bost was being asked to support was actively advanced at the federal level in 2018.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Department of Labor Announces Proposal to Expand Access to Healthcare Through Small Business Health Plans
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

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The Department said the 2018 AHP rule was rescinded and had never been fully implemented after court rulings and later agency action.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official rescission shows the federal AHP expansion did not survive, so the underlying policy was not durably delivered.

never later_term

Fact Sheet: Department of Labor Rescinds Invalidated Rule on Association Health Plans
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

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OIRA listed DOL-EBSA RIN 1210-AC43, "Definition of an 'Employer' Under Section 3(5) of ERISA -- Association Health Plans," as "Pending Review" at the "Proposed Rule" stage, received 08/11/2026.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Latest official OIRA review records show a new Association Health Plans rulemaking is only pending as a proposed rule, so no current durable federal delivery is shown as of the August 2026 refresh window.

unresolved later_term

Executive Order Submissions Under Review
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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DOL said the 2018 AHP Rule was largely invalidated by a federal district court in 2019, that the enforcement safe harbor had expired, that the rule was never fully implemented, and that DOL rescinded the rule effective in 2024.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official rescission confirms the prior federal AHP expansion did not survive or become fully implemented, supporting a non-delivery finding despite earlier same-term efforts.

never later_term

Fact Sheet: Department of Labor Rescinds Invalidated Rule on Association Health Plans
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Bost showed same-term support for market-based health reforms and the Trump administration advanced an Association Health Plans rule in 2018. But the federal AHP expansion was invalidated, never fully implemented, and rescinded in 2024, while the 2026 action is only a pending proposed rule. The promised pooled-plan outcome was therefore not durably delivered, though there was meaningful effort.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Bost showed support for Republican health-care legislation aimed at lowering premiums and expanding private coverage options, and the federal government advanced an Association Health Plan expansion rule during his same House term. However, the AHP expansion was invalidated, never fully implemented, and later rescinded, so the promised policy outcome was not durably delivered. The record supports a serious same-term effort rather than fulfillment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 83%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. unknown A for effort

The promised policy was to support business and association health-plan pooling for larger premium discounts. Federal action did advance in that direction through the 2018 Department of Labor Association Health Plan rulemaking, and Bost also supported broader market-based health coverage reforms aimed at lowering premiums. However, the AHP expansion was invalidated, never fully implemented, and later rescinded by DOL in 2024, so the promised outcome was not durably delivered. Because there was a serious federal attempt but the outcome failed, this is classified as never with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%