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Explainer: The Medicaid and Marketplace Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
Federal Officials Announce Steps To Strengthen Health Care Price Transparency
Can States Harness Market Power to Rein In Health Care Costs?
Third-Party Administrators – The Middlemen Of Self-Funded Health Insurance
Considerations for federal agencies tasked with improving health plan price transparency data
Health Insurance Transitions For Young People With Diabetes Can Be Life Threatening
The Sleeper Provision in the Reconciliation Bill That Could Hobble the ACA Marketplaces
Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’ Proposed “Marketplace Integrity” Rule: Health Insurers and Brokers
Old Diseases, New Threats: Are You Still Protected – and What Will Your Health Plan Cover?
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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...
Federal Officials Announce Steps To Strengthen Health Care Price Transparency
In May, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury announced several acti...
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...
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...
Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’ Proposed “Marketplace Integrity” Rule: Health Insurers and Brokers
The Trump administration's proposed "Marketplace Integrity" rule has generated almost 26,000 public ...
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 ...
Federal Rule Gives Regulators Enhanced Tools to Ensure Equitable Access to Behavioral Health Care
Last fall, the Biden Administration finalized a rule updating standards for the Mental Health Parity...
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...
Here’s Something to Celebrate: The Affordable Care Act Just Turned 15!
On March 23, 2025, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In this post...
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...
Enforcing Mental Health Parity: State Options to Improve Access to Care
The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) is the primary federal law protectin...
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...
Improving Health Care Competition: Federal and State Perspectives
On Tuesday, May 21st, Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms held the final of t...
Final Rule Rescinds Trump-Era Association Health Plans
The US Department of Labor recently finalized regulations governing the formation of Association Hea...
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 ...
July Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
CHIR’s summer reading list includes the latest health policy literature. In July, we read about th...
Tackling Another Public Health Emergency: Recent State and Federal Policies to Increase Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access
While the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) ended in May, the PHE declaration for the o...
March Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
Winter is finally over, and health policy research is in full bloom. In March, we read about dispari...
December Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
Happy New Year! The holiday season may be over, but health policy researchers continue to bestow gif...
October Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
The leaves may be changing, but the importance of health policy research is evergreen. Last month, w...
How Insurers Can Advance Health Equity Under the Affordable Care Act
In a new post for the Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, Katie Keith highlights several Af...
Opponents of Fixing the Family Glitch Reveal their Fundamental Misunderstanding
The “family glitch,” a loophole in federal rules, bars millions of people from subsidized covera...
ACA “Family Glitch” Increases Health Care Costs for Millions of Low- and Middle-Income Families
The family glitch bars millions of people from accessing reduced premiums and cost-sharing through t...
Minority Health Month: National Latino Week of Action
April is Minority Health Month, a good time to consider ways to reduce the wide disparities in healt...
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 FAQs of The Week: How to Use Your Coverage
Open Enrollment has ended in most states, and many consumers have signed up for a health insurance p...
Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Who Qualifies for a Special Enrollment Period?
Open Enrollment has ended in most states, and many consumers have signed up for a health insurance...
November Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
As the autumn leaves change and the weather gets colder, we at CHIR are thankful for new health poli...
October Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
In honor of Halloween, this October CHIR's Nia Gooding reviewed spooky studies on the projected impa...
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 ...
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...
November Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
This November, we at CHIR celebrated Thanksgiving with a Research Buffet. CHIR's Olivia Hoppe digs i...
CHIR Holds Navigator Twitter Q&A: Top 5 Questions
The Center on Health Insurance Reforms held its first-ever Tweetchat in light of the release of our ...
October Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
From price variation in hospital services paid by private insurers to how the Affordable Care Act (A...
August Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
Summer is over, but health policy researchers have hardly taken a vacation. In August's research rou...
July Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
Health policy researchers are keeping busy, assessing the impact of recent and potential state and f...
Bracing for an Affordable Care Act Enrollment Season Without Navigators: Risks for Consumers and the Market
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on July 10, 2018 that they would fund up to...
A Main Reason New York and Massachusetts Will Sue the Administration Over the Final AHP Rule? Fraud and Abuse
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood (D) and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (D) ...
June Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
State officials, insurers, and consumer advocates and assisters are gearing up for a hectic 2019 enr...
State Efforts to Pass Individual Mandate Requirements Aim to Stabilize Markets and Protect Consumers
A handful of states are moving forward with plans to implement state-level individual health insuran...
New Report Documents Barriers for People with Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders Buying Coverage Before the ACA
In a report released this week by the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), Georgetown resear...
When Being Uninsured Cuts Life Short: In Memory of My Dad
George K. Hoppe was the owner of a small architectural firm in Lavallette, New Jersey. He designed b...
Stakeholders Respond to the Proposed Short-term, Limited Duration Insurance Rule. Part IV: Short-Term Insurers and Brokers
The Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, and Treasury received over 9,000 comments on thei...
May Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
In this month’s research round up, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe looks into analyses of the success of recen...
The Urban Institute’s New Proposal to Get Us Closer to Universal Coverage
In preparation for the day when a progressive vision for health reform may have more supporters in t...
April Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
In CHIRblog’s April installment of What We’re Reading, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe digs into reports th...
Coalition Demands Crucial Information About Association Health Plan Rulemaking
On March 1st, a coalition of stakeholders, including Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insu...
State Regulators Keep a Watchful Eye on Healthcare Companies’ Federal Tax Cut “Windfalls”
In December, President Trump signed the Republican tax reform bill into law, which among other thing...
Proposed Federal Changes to Short-Term Health Coverage Leave Regulation to States
The Trump administration is expected to reverse federal limitations on short-term insurance, which ...
The Future of the Affordable Care Act under President Trump: Stakeholders Respond to Proposed 2019 Marketplace Rule. Part III: States
The final 2019 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters has been submitted to the White House for re...
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...
Graham-Cassidy 2.0: Taking Insurance Protections Out of the Individual Market
Another day, another version of the Graham-Cassidy bill. This new version makes numerous technical c...
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 ...
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...
Who Would Gain Under the Proposal to Expand Health Savings Accounts?
Health savings accounts play a key role in most Republican plans to repeal and replace the Affordabl...
Reading the Fine Print: Do ACA Replacement Proposals Give States More Flexibility and Authority?
State leaders have been heartened by statements from the new President and Congressional leaders tha...
Repealing The ACA Could Worsen The Opioid Epidemic
As our country grapples with an “unprecedented opioid epidemic,” Congress is taking steps to tak...
Promising Steps to Strengthen Marketplace Risk Pools Could be in Vain, if Affordable Care Act is Repealed
While critics have been describing the demise of the marketplaces established by the Affordable Care...
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 ...
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...
Health Plan Restrictions on Contraceptive Coverage: It’s like asking people to “renew their seat belt each month”
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has lowered financial barriers to birth control by requiring health pl...
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...
CHIR Expert Sabrina Corlette Talks Marketplace Problems, Possible Solutions at Alliance for Health Reform Briefing
On Monday, September 26th, CHIR’s very own Sabrina Corlette spoke at a briefing on the future of A...
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...
As Health Market Consolidation Grows, So Do Prices
The Justice Department just stepped in to prevent two health insurance mergers. The health care mark...
Open Enrollment IV (OE4) is Just around the Corner: Things to Watch
While it seems like we just finished open enrollment, the next round for 2017 coverage is right arou...
New Rules on Special Enrollment Periods: What Do They Mean for Consumers and the Assisters Who Help Them?
What triggers a special enrollment period to allow someone to enroll on the individual market outsid...
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...
Sharpen Your Pencils: One More Chance to Comment on SBC Changes
Last week, HHS, Treasury and Labor released a proposed revised template for the Summary of Benefits ...
Recent Guidance About Marketplace Residency Requirement and Special Enrollment Period When Moving
The administration recently issued guidance clarifying marketplace residency requirements and the sp...
Enroll Before Jan. 15 for Feb. 1 Coverage and Other Open Enrollment Reminders
With open enrollment set to close in two week, enroll now before or on January 15 to get coverage by...
Health Care Cost Considerations in Medical Education
Medical students are taught to care for the whole person. Shouldn't that include care for the patien...
Updated Navigator Resource Guide
CHIR is pleased to release an updated online Navigator Guide on Private Health Insurance and Health ...
Affordable Care Act Legislation Affecting Small Employers Sparks Rare Bipartisanship
Yesterday, the Health subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee had a hearing on H.R. ...
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 ...
MEC and MV: Keeping it All Straight When it Comes to Employer Plans
Open enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplaces overlaps this year with many employer plan open...
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...
New Online Resource Provides Answers to Common Health Insurance and Marketplace Questions
This week, CHIR is releasing an online version of the Navigator Resource Guide, with close to 300 se...
We Can Fix This, People! More than Half of Uninsured Parents Are Hispanic
A recent Urban Institute study found that over half (57 percent) of uninsured parents are Hispanic. ...
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...
2014 Brings New Protections for Consumers – and New Oversight Responsibilities for States
2014 brings sweeping new health insurance protections for consumers, but for those reforms to be rea...
State Decisions on the Health Insurance Policy Cancellations Fix
Implementation of the President's proposed fix for health insurance policy cancellations rests with ...
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...
Marketplace IT Glitches: The Sky Is Not Falling
The new health insurance marketplaces open for business today. In a blog originally posted on The Co...
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...
What Do You Know About Health Care Sharing Ministries?
A number of states have acted in recent years to exempt health care sharing ministries from traditio...
Rate Review 2.0: The Next Generation
Last week the Administration released its final rule implementing the ACA's insurance market re...
Federal Agencies Answer Another Round of Questions on ACA Implementation
Yesterday three federal agencies released a set of Frequently Asked Questions about ACA implementati...
NAIC Appoints Former Senator Ben Nelson as New CEO
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has appointed former Senator Ben Nelson a...
Essential Health Benefits Final Rule: No Major Departures
The Administration released its final regulation on the Affordable Care Act's requirement that ...
RIP, PCIPs
On Friday, the Obama Administration announced that they were closing the Pre-existing Condition Insu...
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...
New Report Examines Early Indications of Insurer Participation and Competition in Health Insurance Exchanges
One of the key goals of the Affordable Care Act is to make health insurance coverage more affordable...
Deeds Not Words: Senate Finance Committee Explores Health Insurance Exchange Progress
On Thursday the U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to examine implementation of the Afford...
ACA Reforms Free Up Entrepreneurs to Focus on Their Business
Entrepreneurs with dreams of venturing out to start their own business must now navigate a "wild we...
New Report: States Going Above and Beyond to Create Sustainable Exchanges and Deliver Choice and Value to Consumers
In a new report for The Commonwealth Fund, Sarah Dash, Kevin Lucia, Katie Keith, and Christine Monah...
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...
The Goldilocks Plan: Getting Benefit Design “Just Right” for Insurance Exchanges
Sabrina Corlette and Christine Monahan have co-authored an article in today's Health Affairs, "...
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 ...
An Unfortunate Decision on Student Health Plan Coverage
The Administration says it wants young and healthy people to enroll in the new health insurance exch...
Florida’s Changes to Rate Review: Heading Backward?
Of the many consumer protection tools available to health insurance regulators, one of the most powe...
The ACA: Improving Incentives for Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment
Before the ACA, many people were hesitant to launch their own business because they feared losing th...
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...
Breast Cancer Patient Had to Become a Fundraiser to Make Up for Insurance Plan Shortcomings
When Stacy Cook learned she had breast cancer, her health coverage fell short. In this latest story ...
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...
Race to October: Health Insurance Marketplace Readiness
On May 7th, the National Institute for Healthcare Management Foundation hosted a webinar on state ma...
Helping Consumers Understand their New Health Insurance Options: CCIIO Releases Model Renewal Notice
This week CCIIO released new guidance and model language for insurers to use in communicating with c...
A Busy Week in Health Policy
While we have certainly seen some busy weeks for Affordable Care Act implementation, we had not expe...
News from the Feds: Latest Round of FAQs on ACA Implementation
In the last few days the federal government has released new guidance for insurance companies relati...
Taking Rate Review to the Next Level: New Report Examines Possible New Mechanisms to Bend the Cost Curve
A new report from Oregon examines the effect of that state's rate review program - and proposes inno...
Consumer Assistance and Health Reform: Bridging the Gap
With open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces just around the corner, attention is ...
A Surprising Source of an Intra-Party Fight: The PCIPs
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate the first major proposal in three years to ...
Senate HELP Hearing Examines Upcoming Market Changes Under ACA
Today Sabrina Corlette was called to provide testimony before the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, L...
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...
Missing the Point: Department of Labor’s Annual Report on Self-Insurance
On April 1, the Department of Labor released its annual report to Congress on Self-Insured Group Hea...
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...
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...
New Developments in the Stop-Loss Debate
The debate over the sale of stop-loss insurance to small employers is a hot topic among health polic...
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...
Pass the Stuffing: There's a lot going on in the new essential health benefit rules
Last week the Obama Administration released new, proposed rules establishing minimum standards to im...
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...
Waiting for 2014: One Family's Story
Thanks to the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, CHIRblog will feature profiles of every...
Taking a Closer Look at Implementation of the ACA’s Insurance Reforms
As stakeholders wrap up their comments on ACA proposed rules published last month, JoAnn Volk takes ...
New Study Finds that Improved Coverage for Young Adults Has Increased Access to Care
A new study in the journal Health Affairs finds that the ACA's dependent coverage provision has...
The Top Three Questions on Multi-State Plans
With the deadline looming for comments on the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) recent pro...
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...
First Public Meeting of New NAIC Working Group on Regulatory Alternatives to the ACA
On November 16, state regulators and interested parties held the first public meeting of the NAIC�...
CCIIO Releases New Exchange Blueprint
States have consistently asked for more guidance from the federal government on health insurance exc...
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...
State of the States: Minnesota, New Mexico, and Virginia
On August 9, 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released three new reports prepared by the Urb...
The ACA and the Supreme Court: What’s Next for States and the Federal Government?
While many will be focused on the drama of the November election, Katie Keith discusses the need for...
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 Medical Loss Ratio Rule – Report Highlights Savings for Consumers
A recent study documents major savings for consumers, thanks to the ACA's medical loss ratio ru...
The Results are In: Now What?
With the fundamental direction of health policy in our country on the line, Americans across the cou...
Leadership and Staffing Changes at CCIIO
As HHS races against some incredibly tight deadlines between now and January 1, 2014, we've no...
CHIR Proud to Welcome New Faculty Member, Sarah Dash
CHIR - and CHIRblog - are excited to welcome a new member to our team! Allow Kevin Lucia to introduc...
State of the States: California and Colorado Identify EHB Benchmark Plans
Last week, California became the second state in the nation to pass legislation adopting its essenti...
The Impact of Laws to Allow Cross-State Sales of Health Insurance: Few Benefits, Potential Risks for Consumers
Although proposals to allow the sale of health insurance across state lines are believed to help con...
More Detail on Multi-State Plans from Proposed Rules
The Office of Personnel Management has released new information about the Multi-State Plan Program, ...