Allow small businesses to pool employees for health insurance coverage through association health plans.

Tim Scott · South Carolina · Republican

policy impact 0.60 specificity 0.80 extraction confidence 88%

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

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Evidence

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DOL rescinded the 2018 Association Health Plans rule effective July 1, 2024. The rule had expanded criteria for employer associations to sponsor AHPs, but major provisions were invalidated by the U.S. District Court for D.C.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The policy was delivered later through a 2018 federal rule, but that expansion was legally blocked and then fully rescinded in 2024, leaving the commitment no longer durably delivered as of 2026-08-26.

partial later_term

Definition of “Employer”-Association Health Plans
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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Senator Scott's office said Scott, Cassidy, and Paul released a legislative package that included the Association Health Plans Act, described as amending ERISA so small-business employees, sole proprietors, and gig workers could aggregate for AHP coverage.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): After the 2018 rule was rescinded, Scott participated in a later-term legislative package that sought to revive or codify AHP pooling. This is concrete effort, but it does not show enactment or final delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Senators Scott, Cassidy, Paul Release Legislative Package Empowering Independent Workers to Access Portable Benefits
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. later_term A for effort

A later federal rule in 2018 expanded association health plans so small businesses and some self-employed workers could pool for coverage, which partially matched the promised outcome during Scott's continued Senate service after the 2014 special-election term. However, the expansion was largely invalidated in court and then rescinded effective July 1, 2024, so the promised policy was not durably delivered. Scott also later materially pursued the policy through AHP legislation with Cassidy and Paul, but the provided evidence does not show enactment. Candidate credit is therefore partial rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%