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H.R. 1, Recently Enacted Federal Budget Law Spells Trouble for Patients with Insulin-Requiring Diabetes
Explainer: The Medicaid and Marketplace Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
No Surprises Act Arbitrators Vary Significantly In Their Decision Making Patterns
Explore the Data: Interactive Map of Dental Coverage Through the Marketplaces
Indiana’s Extraordinary Legislative Session Exemplifies How Incremental Efforts Can Improve Health Care Affordability
May Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
Federal Efforts Ostensibly Aimed at Marketplace “Fraud” Ignore Obvious Strategies to Counter Broker Misconduct
New Administration Plans to Reinstate Cuts to Funding for ACA Outreach and Enrollment Assistance
Can States Harness Market Power to Rein In Health Care Costs?
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H.R. 1, Recently Enacted Federal Budget Law Spells Trouble for Patients with Insulin-Requiring Diabetes
The recently enacted federal budget law is set to significantly roll back health insurance coverage ...
Explainer: The Medicaid and Marketplace Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
With the recent signing of H.R. 1, many may be wondering what this means for their Medicaid and Mark...
No Surprises Act Arbitrators Vary Significantly In Their Decision Making Patterns
IDR entities have come to play an instrumental role in OON payments, but entities’ determinations ...
Explore the Data: Interactive Map of Dental Coverage Through the Marketplaces
Dental coverage offered through the ACA Marketplaces is constantly changing. Building on CHIR’s 20...
Indiana’s Extraordinary Legislative Session Exemplifies How Incremental Efforts Can Improve Health Care Affordability
While Indiana lawmakers have been working to reduce health care costs for commercial health insuranc...
May Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
In May, we welcomed spring blooms and warm weather, while staying engaged with the latest health pol...
Federal Efforts Ostensibly Aimed at Marketplace “Fraud” Ignore Obvious Strategies to Counter Broker Misconduct
The proposed Marketplace Integrity rule and House-passed budget bill purportedly aim to curb ACA fra...
New Administration Plans to Reinstate Cuts to Funding for ACA Outreach and Enrollment Assistance
By Rachel Swindle, Jalisa Clark, and Justin Giovannelli One of the first actions by the Centers for ...
Can States Harness Market Power to Rein In Health Care Costs?
As U.S. health care spending continues to spiral higher, states are using a variety of tools to push...
A New Rule to Limit ACA Enrollment Periods May Deter Sign-Ups and Worsen Risk Pools
Recent proposals from the Trump administration and Congress would shorten or eliminate the windows o...
Third-Party Administrators – The Middlemen Of Self-Funded Health Insurance
Pharmacy benefit managers have received significant public attention for their exploitative, cost in...
Considerations for federal agencies tasked with improving health plan price transparency data
While the health plan price transparency data available under current guidance and enforcement have ...
Health Insurance Transitions For Young People With Diabetes Can Be Life Threatening
As Congress debates policies that would disenroll millions of people from both Medicaid and marketpl...
The Sleeper Provision in the Reconciliation Bill That Could Hobble the ACA Marketplaces
An obscure provision in the U.S. House reconciliation bill could have major consequences for the Aff...
Death by Slow Strangulation: New Tactics in Longstanding Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to take up legislation that, if enacted, would be tantam...
Old Diseases, New Threats: Are You Still Protected – and What Will Your Health Plan Cover?
With infectious diseases such as measles on the rise, many Americans are wondering what they can do ...
March Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
In March, we anticipated sunshine and warmer days while keeping up with the latest health policy res...
State Flexibility To Add Adult Dental Care to Essential Health Benefits: An Update on State Action
CMS recently finalized a change in the 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, granting state...
New Executive Order Outlines Next Steps For Health Care Price Transparency
In February, the Trump administration issued an executive order outlining steps for federal agencies...
A blast from the past: Dusting off ACA Section 1333 compacts
Peter Nelson, the new director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO...
February Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
In February we stayed out of the cold and bundled up with the latest in health policy research. We r...
Georgetown CHIR & Association of Health Care Journalists Release Update to Health Insurance Tool
The Association of Health Care Journalists has released an updated, interactive 50-state Media Guide...
New York Legislature Seeks to Control Outpatient Spending through Site-Neutral Payment and Rate Cap Proposal
A new proposal in New York State seeks to reduce rising outpatient care costs by implementing site-n...
Biden Administration Proposal to Improve Access to Free Preventive Services Faces Uncertain Future
The Biden Administration has proposed a rule to expand coverage of preventive services, including ov...
If Expanded Federal Premium Tax Credits Expire, State Affordability Programs Won’t Be Enough to Stem Widespread Coverage Losses
The 2021 expansion of federal premium tax credits (PTCs) drove uninsured rates to a record low in 20...
Taking a Look at California’s Program to Assist People Losing Medi-Cal Enroll in Marketplace Coverage
A recently enacted law creates a streamlined pathway to health insurance for individuals who are fou...
Unpacking the Unwinding: Medicaid to Marketplace Coverage Transitions
As Medicaid unwinding draws to a close, millions of people have had to find new health coverage opti...
Biden Administration Proposes Rule To Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reporting
In response to widespread concerns about the impact of medical debt, the Consumer Financial Protecti...
New Georgetown CHIR Report Examines State Reforms of Prior Authorization
Health insurers use of prior authorization appears to be on the rise. A recent report by CHIR resear...
How States Can Use Tax and Unemployment Filings to Sign People Up for Health Insurance
Easy-enrollment programs offer states an efficient, low-cost mechanism for connecting residents with...
New Nationwide Data on Outpatient Facility Fee Reforms
As hospitals and health systems expand their ownership and control of ambulatory care practices, the...
Facility Fee State Legislative Roundup: 2024 Session
With more outpatient care being delivered in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) than in previou...
Raise the Bar: State-Based Marketplaces Using Quality Tools to Enhance Health Equity
In a new post for the Commonwealth Fund's To The Point blog, CHIR's Jalisa Clark and Christine H. Mo...
Report Shows Dispute Resolution Process in No Surprises Act Favors Providers
Last month, the Biden administration reported on independent dispute resolution (IDR) cases resolved...
Health Care Sharing Ministry Data Point to Problems for Consumers, Regulators
Millions of Americans rely on Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSM) in lieu of insurance to provide ...
Amidst Rising Overdose Deaths, Policymakers Look for Ways to Expand Access to Proven Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
As the number of opioid-related overdose fatalities remains alarmingly high, access to medication-as...
The New Year Brings New Protection Against Surprise Medical Bills: What Consumers Need to Know
As we enter 2022, consumers are now protected from many of the worst surprise medical bills. The No ...
January Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
As the snow continues to fall, the CHIR team has cozied up indoors with new health policy research. ...
Navigator Guide FAQ of the Week: Who Is Eligible To Purchase Coverage Through the Marketplace?
November 1 marked the first day of open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. To help ...
New Report Documents Progress and Remaining Challenges in Ensuring Equal Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services in California
California has enacted a law strengthening the state’s mental health parity protections for Califo...
March Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
Spring has arrived, and the research is blooming! This March, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe was buzzing around...
State Options Blog Series: Streamlined, Direct Marketplace Enrollment Has Risks, Benefits, but Much Depends on State Oversight
In the fourth of a multi-part blog series on state options in the wake of federal actions to roll ba...
Got Questions on Private Health Insurance? Get the New and Improved Navigator Resource Guide
Marketplace enrollment is upon us. November 1 marks the start to the fifth open enrollment season. T...
In the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster and Have Questions about your Health Insurance Coverage? CHIR Experts Answer Some Frequently Asked Questions
In the wake of devastating natural disasters, consumers living in hurricane or wildfire affected ar...
The Next Round of Obamacare Regulations are Coming Soon: What Consumer Advocates Want to See
With the annual rule on marketplace operations and health plans expected this fall, we take a look a...
States Take the Lead with Policies to Protect Residents with Chronic Conditions from High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs
Lowering the cost of prescription medication has broad support over the political spectrum and there...
Healthcare.gov Rolls out Two Operational Changes Related to Verifying Special Enrollment Periods and Immigration Status
While Congress shifts away from talking about how to replace the Affordable Care Act to stabilizing ...
Relaxing the ACA’s Regulations: Stakeholders Respond to HHS’ Request for Information, Part 2 – State Departments of Insurance
In Part 2 of this three-part series, we look at how state departments of insurance responded to the ...
Important Gains under the ACA for Cancer Patients And Their Families
While there may be a respite from the push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a ne...
New Special Enrollment Roadblocks for Consumers: Hindering, not Helping Consumers Get Coverage
While Congressional leaders debate how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the Trump admi...
Lots of Changes for 2018 Marketplace Enrollment Mean Confusion for Consumers
Open enrollment will be here sooner than we know it. But this year's open enrollment, will be quite ...
State Efforts to Lower Cost-Sharing Barriers to Health Care for the Privately Insured
Current federal proposals to replace the Affordable Care Act are likely to result in higher out-of-p...
Relaxing the Affordable Care Act’s Metal Level Definitions: Issues for Consumers and State Options
New ACA rules give insurers greater flexibility to meet metal level targets and increase cost-sharin...
Relaxing the Affordable Care Act’s Guaranteed Issue Protection: Issues for Consumers and State Options
As we've been blogging about, the Trump administration finalized a Market Stabilization rule that ma...
Mother’s Day Menu from Congress and the American Health Care Act
This Mother’s Day, Congress is giving mothers a new health coverage menu with options for states a...
Stakeholders React to HHS’ Proposed Market Stabilization Regulations: Part 2 – Consumer Advocates
Last month, the Department of Health & Human Services released proposed rules aimed at stabilizing t...
Total Cost Estimators: Lessons from the ACA’s Marketplaces
CHIR researchers Justin Giovannelli and Emily Curran interviewed more than 40 marketplace officials,...
Get Health Insurance Through Your Employer? ACA Repeal Will Affect You, Too
Job-based plans cover 150 million people in the U.S. If the ACA is repealed, they stand to lose crit...
Loss of Cost-Sharing Reductions in the ACA Marketplace: Impact on Consumers and Insurer Participation
As Congress discusses ACA repeal, there is another, potentially more immediate threat to ACA marketp...
Twelve Days of Coverage
Despite the gloom and doom surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when we look back at what the ...
The Final Countdown for 2017 Coverage Underway in the Shadows of Affordable Care Act Repeal
Extended to December 19, 2016, consumers have four more days to enroll in an Affordable Care Act mar...
From Acne to EcZema: The Return of Medical Underwriting Puts Millions at Risk for Losing Coverage or Higher Premiums
Medical underwriting, outlawed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is a practice used by insurance com...
A Lot to Lose: What’s on the Line for Women if the Affordable Care Act is Repealed
It’s the holiday season, but rather than visions of sugar plums dancing above our heads, we have v...
Though the ACA Faces Tough Critics, Millions are Having an Easier Time Paying Medical Bills
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has extended insurance coverage to 22 million people, but the law’s ...
In the Midst of Federal ACA Woes, States Play an Important Consumer Protection Role
In Washington, our health policy minds are on system overload. Since the election last week, the tow...
Consumer Shopping on Healthcare.gov During Open Enrollment 4
Choosing a health plan is like putting a puzzle together, you need help putting all the pieces toget...
Simple Choice Plans Debut on Healthcare.Gov
Simple Choice plans, standardized benefit designs with fixed cost-sharing amounts and pre-deductible...
Reaching the Uninsured: Outreach Strategy for Open Enrollment 4
Healthcare.gov will be taking lessons learned from the past three open enrollments, as well as its o...
What to Expect When You’re Enrolling: A Preview of Open Enrollment Season 4
Since the beginning of open enrollment season three years ago, the administration has continually ma...
The Affordable Care Act: Efforts to Address Barriers to Health Equity
Disparities in health insurance coverage and accessing health care continue to be a challenge in the...
Low-Income Households and ACA Tax Policies: Benefit from Tax Credits but Paying the Penalty
We are well into the third tax year of ACA premium tax credits and the individual shared responsibil...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Special Enrollment Periods Provide Essential Coverage During Common Life Transitions, but Many People Don’t Know They Exist
Change in life is unavoidable: people move, get married, change jobs and have babies. Special enroll...
Increasing Deductibles in Employer Coverage: A Story Over a Decade in the Making
A graph has been making the rounds on the internet comparing cumulative increases in deductibles sin...
Quality Over Quantity? New Medicaid Network Adequacy Rules Illuminate Disparities Among Insurance Program Standards
Narrow network plans, or plans with a limited network of providers, present problems for consumers a...
New Health Affairs Policy Brief Examines the Regulation of Health Plan Provider Networks
Limited networks have become increasingly common on ACA marketplaces, comprising almost half of all ...
Technology’s Impact on the Way We Access Health Care Continuing to Raise Questions
Technology is transforming how we access and receive health care through the use of telemedicine. As...
Recent State Action: Are Formerly Vocal ACA Opponents Climbing on Board the Obamacare Bus?
As ACA opponents continue to vilify, challenge and undermine the law, four states that have been voc...
New Special Enrollment Confirmation Process Effective June 17, 2016: What it Means for Consumers
As of June 17, 2016, the federally facilitated market will require consumers who have enrolled into ...
Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Assister Programs Reflects Signs of Progress – and Opportunities for Improvement
Assister programs and brokers play an integral role of navigating consumers through the marketplace ...
Comparing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA
HHS released the final Section 1557 rule, completing the suite of non-discrimination rules that cons...
Taking a Look at ACA Non-Discrimination Rules: When Does Medical Management Cross the Line?
The ACA prohibits benefit limits and cost sharing that discriminate against individuals based on hea...
NAIC Roundup: Catching Up on the Spring Meeting and Looking Ahead
The NAIC held its Spring Meeting earlier this month and looked at SEPs, balance billing, risk adjust...
New Florida Law Protects Residents from Surprise Medical Bills
Florida is the latest state to enact legislation protecting its residents for unexpected medical bil...
Post ACA, 3 Communities Respond to a Shifting Health Care Landscape for Newly Insured
There’s no question the ACA has been successful in reducing the number of uninsured. But what has ...
Telemedicine: Another Tool in the Toolkit to Meet Network Adequacy Standards?
Health plans have been increasingly narrowing their provider networks, raising concerns about gaps i...
Final Rules Make Expanded Role Official for Some Navigators in 2018
When the administration finalized Marketplace regulations for 2017 and beyond earlier this week, it ...
Healthcare.gov Changing Approach to Special Enrollment Periods, May be Bumpy Road for Consumers
The administration recently announced that it will require verifying documents from consumers with a...
A Look at Proposals for Improving Health Coverage Affordability
Welcome to 2016. With first votes being cast in the 2016 election cycle less than two weeks away and...
NAIC Fall Meeting: As One Issue Winds Down, Another Rears Its Head
At the NAIC’s most recent meeting, two issues stood out: the long-coming Network Adequacy Model Ac...
Updated Navigator Resource Guide
CHIR is pleased to release an updated online Navigator Guide on Private Health Insurance and Health ...
Accessing Provider Directories and Formularies: CHIR Goes Sleuthing
We're counting down again to Open Enrollment 3 and this year, all health plans must make accessing p...
Big Data and Baby Steps: Two Very Different Approaches to Data Collection
Most Americans see the need for more data about health insurance and how it’s working for consumer...
Balance Billing for Air Ambulance Remains a Problem in Maryland
Although Maryland is among the handful of states that regulate balance billing for out-of-network si...
How will Premium Rate Changes Affect Consumers’ Renewals into Marketplace Coverage? Lessons Learned from 2015’s Enrollment Season
As states finalize premium rates for marketplace plans by August 25, we'll know the extent of change...
A Look at the Latest Controversy Brewing over the ACA: The Annual Limit on Out-of Pocket Costs
The latest dust up in Washington is a fight between the Obama Administration and employer groups ove...
Telemedicine and its Effect on the Regulatory Landscape
Some states are making policies related to the emergence of telemedicine or the delivery of health c...
New Guidance Clarifying Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act requires most health plans to cover preventive services without cost sharing...
New Survey of Physicians Finds ACA Did Not Result in Influx of New Patients
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Athenahealth finds that the newly insured u...
Some Changes in Store for 2016 Health Plans that Affect Consumers
While open enrollment for 2015 has ended, insurers and marketplaces alike are gearing up for 2016 wi...
Health Savings Accounts: Understanding the Basics
There are various routes to getting health insurance coverage for you and your family. One possible ...
Embedded Deductibles: Source of Consumer Confusion
Understanding how health insurance works can be confusing, particularly when it comes to deductibles...
State-Based Marketplaces Offer More Health Plan Choices for 2015 Coverage
One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act is to make health insurance more affordable and accessib...
Question on Stand-alone Dental Plans and Upcoming Open Enrollment
With the change in weather, we're beginning to field questions related to the upcoming 2015 Open Enr...
Summing Up Questions from Navigators: A Grab Bag of Consumer Queries
Though open enrollment into the new health insurance marketplaces is a distant memory and folks are ...
Enrolled in Coverage That Just Got Harder to Use: Consumer Options When the Network Changes Mid-Year
Now that open enrollment is over, consumers are starting to raise questions about their coverage. On...
Back in the Day – Lessons from Pre-reform Days: Death to the Death Spirals
While we’re struggling with Affordable Care Act (ACA) issues, there’s value in taking the time t...
Understanding Special Enrollment Periods, Part 1: A Look at Some Who Will be Out of Luck
Navigators have been fielding a range of questions. One that comes up repeatedly is whether an indiv...
Consumer Services ACA Toolkit
CHIR faculty Sally McCarty, David Cusano, and Max Farris serve as technical assistance professionals...
READ THE FINE PRINT: A New Provision in BCBS of Mississippi Plan Could Mean Huge Unexpected Costs for Plan Enrollees
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi has included a new provision in its plan description that coul...
Getting the most from your benefits: the ACA gives consumers new right to appeal a health plan denial
The ACA established new appeal rights for consumers facing a denial of a benefit or service from the...
Relief – and New Options – for High Risk Pool Enrollees
High risk pool enrollees face particular challenges transitioning to new coverage when their coverag...
New Report Looks At Factors Leading to Medical Debt Among People With Insurance
The Kaiser Family Foundation—in collaboration with CHIR experts Kevin Lucia and Katie Keith—has...
New Resource for Assisters Covers Private Insurance and Marketplace Plans
Almost two months into open enrollment, Navigators and other consumer assisters must field a multitu...
As High Risk Pool Coverage Ends, Coverage Gaps Could Arise for Some Enrollees
As ACA implementation unfolds, one group that will be transitioning to new coverage is individuals e...
Cancellation of Policies in the Individual Market: Apology Accepted, Mr. President – No Further Action Required
Last Thursday, the President apologized to those individuals currently covered under an individual p...
Under Pressure: An Update on Restrictive State Insurance Marketplace Consumer Assistance Laws
Seventeen states have enacted rules for health insurance marketplace navigators that could hinder th...
Health Affairs Podcast Discusses Early Enrollment Experience in the Health Insurance Marketplaces
The latest Health Affairs podcast discusses the significance of the early enrollment experience, fea...
PBS Program Looks at Early Experience in the Health Insurance Marketplaces
PBS' News Hour took a look at the early experience of the health insurance marketplaces, featuring C...
Attacks on Navigators Continue at House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing
The U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee held an oversight hearing to assess...
Message to Anti-ACA Bullies: Go Pick on Someone Your Own Size
Affordable Care Act opponents are using intimidation tactics to inhibit navigators from helping cons...
Navigators Should Not Let Politics Thwart Their Important Work
In yet another attempt in a very long line of efforts to delay or derail the health care law, member...
Health Plans Get Creative Skirting the ACA. And that Means Buyer Beware
You have to give them credit – health insurers are showing just how creative they can be at shirki...
Updates on Consumer Assistance: Navigator Grants and Training
Last week was a busy week for those focused on robust consumer assistance in the new health insuranc...
Delay of Certain Cost Sharing Limitations under the Affordable Care Act: What does it Mean?
This week the New York Times reported on an Administration decision to allow employers and group hea...
A Story of Promise and Peril: OIG’s Review of the new CO-OPs
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recently examined the progr...
New Report on State Approaches to Nondiscrimination under the Affordable Care Act
Today, CHIR released a new report exploring how private insurers and state regulators are incorporat...
Shining a Light on Health Insurance: Senate Commerce Committee Examines Progress, Challenges
Health insurance is a complicated product that consumers have difficulty understanding, a common the...
Rate Review 2.0: The Next Generation
Last week the Administration released its final rule implementing the ACA's insurance market re...
Essential Health Benefits Final Rule: No Major Departures
The Administration released its final regulation on the Affordable Care Act's requirement that ...
Health Reform at Work: Lower Rates in New York State
Next year's premiums for individual market plans will be way down in New York thanks to the Affordab...
Breaking Down the NAIC’s Comments
In comments to federal regulators on recent proposed rules, the NAIC added its voice to the chorus o...
Market Reforms Roundup: New Report on State Action on 2014 Market Reforms
In our most recent issue brief for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR researchers studied the progress stat...
Multi-State Plan Program Final Rule: OPM's Balancing Act
The Office of Personnel Management recently issued a final rule on the multi-state plan program in w...
Health Insurance Reform under the Fiscal Cliff Agreement – Mostly Left Untouched
The health insurance provisions of the Affordable Care Act were largely off the table in the recent ...
Florida’s Changes to Rate Review: Heading Backward?
Of the many consumer protection tools available to health insurance regulators, one of the most powe...
Final Rule on Workplace Wellness Programs: A Look at the Implications for Consumers
Employers are increasingly turning to workplace wellness programs with an eye toward improving emplo...
Using Rate Review to Make Health Insurance More Affordable: Once Again, Rhode Island Leads the Way
Rhode Island's insurance regulators are using their rate review authority in innovative ways to make...
Checking in on the NAIC: Work in Progress to Update Model State Laws to Comply with the Affordable Care Act
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) continues its work to support states' imp...
Reflections on Repeal Redux
Last week marked the thirty-seventh time that the House has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act....
In the Midst of “Rate Shock” Fears, Insurers Request Lower Rates in Oregon
An interesting thing happened in Oregon last week after the Division of Insurance publicly posted in...
Potential Costs and Challenges in Boston
With much of the country still reeling from the Boston marathon bombings, many of the victims, as we...
Consumer Assistance and Health Reform: Bridging the Gap
With open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces just around the corner, attention is ...
Emerging Policies on Dental Coverage for Kids
With the final rules on essential health benefits and market reforms now released, stakeholders have...
New Guidance: Federal Regulators Allow “Collaborative Arrangements” for Enforcement
On March 15, 2013, federal regulators released guidance on how the Affordable Care Act's new market ...
Vermont’s Rate Fillings: What Do They Mean for Consumers?
On Monday, Vermont became the first state to release preliminary rate filings for plans to be sold i...
Diving Deep on Two New Rate Studies
With the Affordable Care Act’s most significant reforms going into effect in 2014, attention has i...
Paying for Value, By the Numbers
Everyone likes to talk about paying for value, but how is it being implemented in the real world? Sa...
Beware the Latest Loophole
As significant an impact as the Affordable Care Act will have on the U.S. health insurance market, ...
NAIC Tackles Consumers’ ACA Questions: Subgroup Prepares Educational Materials for State Departments of Insurance
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is developing a set of materials to help educate...
Essential Health Benefits in the States: Selections Have Been Made but Questions Remain
In our most recent issue brief for the Commonwealth Fund, Sabrina Corlette and CHIR colleagues exami...
Consumer Representatives Issue Recommendations for Sweeping Insurance Reforms Under the Affordable Care Act
On August 11, 2012, the consumer representatives to the National Association of Insurance Commission...
Health Reform on the Campaign Trail
With much attention focused on this week’s Republican National Convention, Katie Keith dives in to...
Action on Multi-State Plans, But Still No Specifics
Last week the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its draft application for Multi-Sta...
Health Reform on the Campaign Trail – Obama's Blueprint
With the release of President Obama's plans for a second term in office, JoAnn Volk takes a loo...
State of the States: Choosing an Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plan
To help make coverage more comprehensive, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to cover a...
Summary of Benefits and Coverage: Helping Consumers Shop for Health Insurance
As of September 23, consumers will begin to receive a new summary of benefits and coverage form that...
Waiting for 2014: One Family's Story
Thanks to the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, CHIRblog will feature profiles of every...
New Report Finds Patients Pay for Confusion Over Colonoscopy Screening
Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation—in partnership with CHIR, the American Cancer Society, and the...
NAIC – Moving Forward on Consumer Protections in the ACA
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is moving forward with model state laws t...
Everything You Need to Know from This Week’s National NAIC Meeting
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its annual summer meeting in Atlanta...
New Report Adds Insights to Debate on Whether Florida Should Exercise Medicaid Option
Our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families are out with a new report analyzing the impac...
Martin Addie: ACA Ban on Lifetime Limits Has Ended His Coverage Circus
Continuing our “Real Stories, Real Reforms” series, CHIRblog presents our third profile of every...
CHIR Faculty Member Mila Kofman Takes Helm of D.C. Insurance Exchange
Our friend and CHIR colleague, Mila Kofman, has been named the Executive Director of the health insu...
Welcome to CHIRblog!
Welcome to CHIR's new blog - we’re excited to introduce ourselves and launch a new forum to s...
State of the States: Trends from 10 Key States
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released four new cross-cutting reports prepared by the Ur...
New Issue Brief on State Action to Promote Child-Only Coverage
Today, the Commonwealth Fund released a new issue brief from CHIR on the availability of child-only ...
Get Ready for the Rulemaking!
The election results mean full steam ahead with implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The ultim...
The Results are In: Now What?
With the fundamental direction of health policy in our country on the line, Americans across the cou...
Waiting for 2014: One Family's Story
Continuing our "Real Stories, Real Reforms" series, CHIRblog presents our second profile of everyday...