Along with “Health Policy Valentines,” February brought a host of new health policy research. Th...
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Although the deadline to enroll in a marketplace plan beginning January 1 has passed in most states,...
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In most states, it’s the last week to sign up for marketplace plan that begins January 1. The Affo...
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Along with the cherry blossoms, new health policy research was in full bloom this month. In addition...
The “family glitch,” a loophole in federal rules, bars millions of people from subsidized covera...
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The family glitch bars millions of people from accessing reduced premiums and cost-sharing through t...
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Health insurers spent millions to defeat the ACA in 2010. Ten years later, major insurers are joinin...
Open Enrollment has ended in most states, and many consumers have signed up for a health insurance p...
We at Georgetown CHIR look back at this tumultuous, tragic, and eventful year and are thankful we ha...
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With Open Enrollment now well underway, consumers are weighing their options for 2021 and trying to ...
In honor of Halloween, this October CHIR's Nia Gooding reviewed spooky studies on the projected impa...
As hearings begin for the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Senators are u...
The month of August went by in a flash, or painstakingly slowly, but either way it produced some gre...
This month, CHIR's Mari Tikoyan read studies on the role of the Affordable Care Act in addressing he...
The past few weeks have tested the U.S. health care system. In a world where we are all at risk of c...
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This month, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe dug into studies on health care financing equity, insurer and consum...
It’s that time of year again. Our team at CHIR is heading far and wide for Thanksgiving, and as we...
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With Open Enrollment now underway, consumers are weighing their options for 2020 and trying to find ...
This August, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe summarized helpful resources on premiums and cost-sharing for worki...
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the parties in Texas v. United States to file supplemen...
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This June, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe caught up on policy studies and proposals on surprise medical bills,...
Spring has arrived, and the research is blooming! This March, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe was buzzing around...
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On a chilly March Tuesday in Washington, DC, with the stroke of just 22 pens, health care as we know...
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Stakeholders have expressed mixed views on the value of short-term limited duration insurance. Howev...
Many people make New Year’s resolutions, with popular ones being to get healthy and save money. In...
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This November, we at CHIR celebrated Thanksgiving with a Research Buffet. CHIR's Olivia Hoppe digs i...
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Across the country, states are yet again dealing with policy changes just before the fall open enrol...
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This past summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a regulation calling for the expansion of ...
The Farm Bill currently being debated in a House-Senate conference committee enables the Secretary o...
Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSMs) are a form of health coverage in which members – who typica...
Last week, the Trump administration issued a final rule reversing federal limits on short-term healt...
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury received over 9,000 comments on th...
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As tax filing season comes to a close, CHIR's Emily Curran discusses recent findings by the JPMorgan...
In this final blog in our series reviewing stakeholder comments on the Department of Labor’s propo...
September 27th marks the day most insurers have to formally decide whether they'll stay in the Affo...
As Congress discusses ACA repeal, there is another, potentially more immediate threat to ACA marketp...
The NAIC wrapped up its Fall National Meeting last week, and although there was little of the upcomi...
Your employer may want to help you meet your New Year’s resolutions to lose weight or get fit by p...
How does COBRA fit into coverage options now that people who lose employer-sponsored coverage have o...