Posts tagged with: coverage and access

Supporting Consumers and Confronting Problematic Billing Practices

May 1, 2025

Corporatization of Health Care, Costs and Competition, Employer-sponsored Insurance, Provider Costs and Billing Reform, Transparency

coverage and access, Fact Sheet

Building Behavioral Health System Capacity

March 13, 2025

This report, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Reform, examines strategies to build and sustain the capacity of the BH delivery system.

Access to Behavioral Health Care, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Bringing Balance to the Market: A Roadmap for Improving Health Insurance Affordability Through Rate Review

February 2, 2025

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Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access

Protecting Consumers From the Corporate Transformation of Health Care

February 1, 2025

As corporations and private equity increasingly take control of our health care systems and profits take precedence over care, patients are caught in the middle.

Corporatization of Health Care, Costs and Competition, Employer-sponsored Insurance, Provider Costs and Billing Reform, Transparency

coverage and access, Fact Sheet

Clearing the Path: Streamlining Enrollment in Covered California for Californians Transitioning from Medi-Cal

August 1, 2024

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Understanding Federal and State Levers to Address Provider Consolidation

February 10, 2024

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Corporatization of Health Care, Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Good, The Bad, The Costly: State Efforts to Reform Prior Authorization Practices

February 9, 2024

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Patient and Consumer Support

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Enforcing Mental Health Parity: State Options to Improve Access to Care

February 8, 2024

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Behavioral Health Coverage, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

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If Expanded Federal Premium Tax Credits Expire, State Affordability Programs Won’t Be Enough to Stem Widespread Coverage Losses

February 6, 2024

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Understanding and Mitigating Behavioral Health Workforce Shortages

February 5, 2024

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Access to Behavioral Health Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

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Enhancing Essential Health Benefits: How States Are Updating Benchmark Plans to Improve Coverage

February 4, 2024

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Case Study Analysis of Columbia County, Arkansas

February 14, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

No Surprises Act: Perspectives on the Status of Consumer Protections Against Balance Billing

February 13, 2023

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Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations, Case Study Analysis: Detroit, Michigan

February 12, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Basic Health Program: Considerations for States and Lessons from New York and Minnesota

February 11, 2023

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations, Case Study Analysis: Kanawha County, West Virginia

February 10, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Mixed Results: State Employee Health Plans Face Challenges, Find Opportunities to Contain Cost Growth

February 9, 2023

Costs and Competition, Employer-sponsored Insurance

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Regulating Outpatient Facility Fees: States Are Leading the Way to Protect Consumer

February 8, 2023

Costs and Competition

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Protecting Patients from Unexpected Outpatient Facility Fees: States on the Precipice of Broader Reform

February 7, 2023

Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

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The Perfect Storm: Misleading Marketing of Limited Benefit Products Continues as Millions Losing Medicaid Search for New Coverage

February 6, 2023

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage, Patient and Consumer Support

coverage and access, Issue Brief

State Protections Against Medical Debt: A Look at Policies Across the U.S.

February 5, 2023

Costs and Competition, Medical Debt

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Uneven Ground: Differences in Language Access Across State-Based Marketplaces

February 4, 2023

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Looking Under the Hood: Enhanced Health Insurance Rate Review to Improve Affordability

February 3, 2023

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Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Improving Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Review of Findings from Five Case Studies and Recommendations

February 2, 2023

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Policy Innovations in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces

February 1, 2023

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Primary Care Access for Underserved Populations: An Assessment of the Literature

February 11, 2022

Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Preparing for the Biggest Coverage Event Since the Affordable Care Act

February 10, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Access to Services in Medicaid and the Marketplaces

February 9, 2022

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Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

The End of the Public Health Emergency Will Prompt Massive Transitions in Health Insurance Coverage: How State Insurance Regulators Can Prepare

February 8, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

What Four States Are Doing to Advance Health Equity in Marketplace Insurance Plans

February 7, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Case Study Analysis of Grant County, New Mexico

February 6, 2022

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Access to Primary Care, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing and Supporting State Employee Health Plans’ Cost Containment Initiatives: Final Report

February 5, 2022

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Costs and Competition, Employer-sponsored Insurance

coverage and access, Issue Brief

Assessing the Effectiveness of Policies to Improve Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Case Study Analysis of Baltimore City, Maryland

February 4, 2022

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Access to Primary Care, Costs and Competition, From Coverage to Care

coverage and access, Issue Brief

States Struggle to Ensure Equal Access to Behavioral Health Services Amid Mental Health Crisis

February 3, 2022

Behavioral Health Coverage, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

State-Based Marketplace Outreach Strategies for Boosting Health Plan Enrollment of the Uninsured

February 2, 2022

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Costs and Competition, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, Issue Brief

U.S. Health Insurance Coverage and Financing

February 1, 2022

Costs and Competition

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Cash is No Substitute for Coverage: Why Health Insurance Matters

2025-11-12 by CHIR Faculty

As Congress ends the government shutdown, the debate over extending enhanced premium tax credits rem...

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, From Coverage to Care, Health Insurance Coverage, Patient and Consumer Support

APTCs, coverage and access, ePTC, health care costs

Translating Clinical Guidelines into Insurance Coverage Standards: High Stakes for Diabetes Access

2025-10-31 by CHIR Faculty

As states move to regulate prior authorization and other utilization management practices, growing s...

Access to Primary Care, From Coverage to Care, Patient and Consumer Support

clinical standards, coverage and access, diabetes, prior authorization

The Dismantling of Obamacare Starts August 25 – Unless Litigation Can Stop It

2025-08-12 by Sabrina Corlette

The first of numerous federal policies that reverse recent coverage gains under the the Affordable C...

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Health Insurance Coverage

coverage and access, health reform, Implementing the Affordable Care Act, insurance

The Reconciliation Bill Eliminates Long-Standing State Flexibility to Operate Marketplaces and Regulate Private Health Insurance

2025-06-13 by CHIR Faculty

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would eliminate much of t...

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budget reconciliation, CHIR, coverage and access, H.R. 1, insurance, state-based marketplaces

Congress’ Proposed Paperwork Requirements Could Leave New Families, Laid-off Workers, and Self-Employed Without Health Coverage

2025-06-05 by Karen Davenport

The Senate will soon consider the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that would make changes to Marketpla...

Affordable Care Act and Marketplaces, Health Insurance Coverage, Patient and Consumer Support

CHIR, coverage and access, health reform, insurance, Marketplace Coverage, Reconciliation