Georgetown CHIR & Association of Health Care Journalists Release Update to Health Insurance Tool
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August Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
More hot days mean more hot research! This month we read about the growing divergence between Medica...
July Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
Last month CHIR stayed cool indoors to catch up on the latest in health policy research. In July, we...
May Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
The days are heating up and so is the summer research! This month we read about the effects of healt...
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...
Navigator Guide FAQs Of The Week: Who is Eligible for Financial Assistance?
President Biden has recently signed an executive order to re-open the federal marketplace for a COVI...
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. ...
Stakeholder Perspectives on CMS’s 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters. Part 3: Consumer Advocates
In the third and final part of our blog series reviewing stakeholder comments on the 2022 Notice of ...
Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: What to Expect When Expecting Health Insurance
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...
Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: I Need Health Insurance. Where Should I buy it?
Open enrollment for the Obamacare marketplaces begins on November 1. While CHIR has been working har...
Idaho Misses Opportunities to Help Consumers Get Affordable, Comprehensive Health Coverage During COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, states have taken charge of responding to the public health emerg...
Stepping in When States Don’t Step Up: First “State-Based” Plans Filed in Idaho, Violating the Affordable Care Act
Last week Blue Cross of Idaho filed the first "state-based" health plans, products that don't comply...
Idaho Goes Rogue: State Authorizes Sale of Health Plans that Violate the Affordable Care Act
Idaho has just published rules for new, “state-based” health plans that are exempt from many of ...
Risky Business: Health Actuaries Assess the Individual Market and Rates
As the health care debate continues, we face a number of unknowns. Congressional leadership and Pres...
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 ...
Tax-related Information for Marketplace Consumers
While Old Man Winter barrels down on us with cold and snow, what better time to get your documents t...
New to the Affordable Care Act, or Need a Refresher? ACA 101 Briefing Has What You Need to Know
A recent briefing hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation offered ...
After a Slow Start, Federal Small Business Health Insurance Marketplace Offers New and Improved Functions
With intense focus on enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, enrollment through the Sma...
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...
After Halbig: Considerations for States Revisiting the Option to Establish a State-Based Marketplace
A federal appeals court's ruling that premium subsidies aren't available for consumers who purchase ...
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...
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...
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...
New Report Evaluates States’ Strategies to Stabilize Health Insurance Premiums and Build Sustainable Exchanges
The Affordable Care Act includes a range of health insurance reforms that will lead to health care c...
Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Hearing Deals with ACA Policy Cancellation Issue
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held an oversight hearing yesterday, November 1...
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...
Health Insurance Exchanges Fulfill Both Liberal and Conservative Goals
Amid the controversial launch of the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces, it is not ...
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...
Only the Beginning — What’s Next at the Health Insurance Exchanges?
It's only 19 days to the launch of the new health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act....
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...
New Report on ACA Implications for State Network Adequacy Standards
The Affordable Care Act promises consumers a more comprehensive set of health insurance benefits, bu...
New Report on State Implementation of Essential Health Benefit Standard
As part of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project to monitor implementation of the Affordab...
Why Should Health Insurance Exchanges Drive Higher-Quality Health Care?
The Affordable Care Act requires the Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) participating in health insurance...
Federal Agencies Answer Another Round of Questions on ACA Implementation
Yesterday three federal agencies released a set of Frequently Asked Questions about ACA implementati...
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...
HHS Launches Outreach to Educate Public about Exchange Coverage; Unveils Name and Website for the Federal Exchange
With just under nine months to go until the open enrollment season begins on October 1, 2013, polls ...
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...
FAQs and RFCs, Oh My!
Last week HHS issued another round of Frequently Asked Questions, addressing the Basic Health Progra...
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...
The “How To” Guide to the Federally Facilitated Exchange
Last week CMS released a set of instructions to insurance companies seeking to sell plans in the fed...
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 ...
Will New Laws in States with Federally Run Health Insurance Marketplaces Hinder Outreach?
Although the federal government will play a primary role in administering the navigator program in t...
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...
100 Days to “Launch”: What a Formerly Controversial Health Program Can Teach Us
On Sunday, June 23, there will be 100 days before the launch of the new insurance exchanges under th...
Evolving Dynamics of Health Insurance Exchange Implementation
Since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the roles of states and the federal government in es...
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 ...
Race to October: Health Insurance Marketplace Readiness
On May 7th, the National Institute for Healthcare Management Foundation hosted a webinar on state ma...
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...
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...
Factors Affecting Self-Funding by Small Employers: Views from the Market
In our most recent report, Kevin Lucia, Christine Monahan, and Sabrina Corlette assess attitudes tow...
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...
Health Reform on the Campaign Trail
With much attention focused on this week’s Republican National Convention, Katie Keith dives in to...
We Attend SERFF Meetings…So You Don’t Have To!
As the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting kicks off in Washington DC this week,...
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...
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...
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 ...
The Top Three Questions on Multi-State Plans
With the deadline looming for comments on the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) recent pro...
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...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Debates ACA Implementation
The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on December 13 to discuss ...
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...
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...
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...
More Detail on Multi-State Plans from Proposed Rules
The Office of Personnel Management has released new information about the Multi-State Plan Program, ...