Navigator Guide FAQ of the Week: Coverage Requirements
Open Enrollment in most states ends next week, on December 15. As consumers continue to weigh their ...
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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...
On the Whole, Health Insurers Aren’t – Yet – Fearing COVID-19 Costs: A Review of 2021 Rate Filings
Several states ask for – and publicly post – health insurers’ proposed 2021 premium rates in M...
States Work to Make Individual Market Health Coverage More Affordable, But Long-Term Solutions Call for Federal Leadership
The individual health insurance markets of most states are stable but face ongoing challenges. In a ...
Navigator Guide FAQ of the Week: Am I Required to Get Coverage?
Open Enrollment for marketplace coverage under the Affordable Care Act begins on November 1. To help...
DOJ’s Proposed Remedy in Texas v. United States Is an Unrealistic Solution
In supplemental briefings to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Department of Justice recently ...
Are the Affordable Care Act Markets “Stabilizing”? Early 2020 Rate Filings Give Little Cause for Celebration
Changes in premiums are a key indicator of the overall health of an insurance market. CHIR's Sabrina...
What’s New for 2019 Marketplace Enrollment? Get Ready for Updated, Improved Navigator Resource Guide
On November 1, the sixth open enrollment period begins for marketplace coverage under the Affordable...
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...
The District of Columbia’s Coverage Requirement Is Caught in Congressional Crosshairs, and Consumers Could Pay the Price
When Congress repealed the individual mandate’s financial penalty, some states acted quickly to pr...
July Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
Health policy researchers are keeping busy, assessing the impact of recent and potential state and f...
To Understand How Consumers Are Faring in the Individual Health Insurance Markets, Watch the States
Through both inaction and design, federal policymakers have put the onus on states to ensure access ...
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...
States Leaning In: Washington
Since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, states have embraced the law to varying degrees. W...
March Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
In CHIRblog’s March installment of What We’re Reading, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe dives into new resea...
States’ Latest ACA Lawsuit Threatens to Reignite “Repeal-Without-Replace” – With Real Consequences for Stakeholders
Earlier today, California, along with 15 state attorneys general filed a motion to intervene in the ...
New Georgetown – Urban Institute Report Finds Health Plans Bracing for More Federal Uncertainty Over Affordable Care Act
Researchers from Georgetown CHIR and the Urban Institute have released a new report documenting the ...
February 2018 Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
In CHIRblog’s February installment of What We’re Reading, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe digs into new rese...
Research Update: Health Care Expenses from Families’ Budgets to Federal Budgets
Recent research highlights how health insurance coverage eases financial pressure on families' budge...
2018 Outlook: What Health Insurance Experts at CHIR Will be Watching
Last year brought a lot of surprises in health care policy, and 2018 is shaping up to be more of the...
When the Individual Market Dies, Where will People Go? A Eulogy
The individual market may not be dead yet, but it soon will be, thanks to recent actions by the Trum...
Future of Health Reform: A prescription for individual market stability
As policy uncertainty in Washington, DC roils health insurance markets nationwide, states like Minne...
Signs of Marketplace Stability May Be Undercut by Federal Policy Uncertainty
Recently, analysts have found evidence of marketplace stability after a number of insurers scaled ba...
We Read Actuarial Memoranda so You Don’t Have to: Trends from Early Health Plan Rate Filings
A handful of states have received insurers' 2018 premium rate requests for the Affordable Care Act m...
Running Down the Clock: Policy Uncertainty over Affordable Care Act Means Less Time for Oversight of Premium Hikes
Insurers are required to submit their health plans and premium rates for regulatory review in the fa...
Alexander-Corker Bill Would Likely Reduce, Not Expand, Consumers’ Health Insurance Options
Humana's decision to pull out of the individual market in 2018 has prompted more concern over areas ...
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...
State Experiences Show Why Repealing the ACA’s Premium Subsidies and Individual Mandate Would Cripple Individual Health Insurance Markets
What will happen if the Affordable Care Act is repealed without a replacement? In their latest artic...
New Analysis: Repeal of the Affordable Care Act through Reconciliation Throws Almost 30 Million off Coverage
A new Urban Institute analysis shows that close to 30 million people will lose coverage if the Affor...
CHIR Expert Testifies at Ways & Means Committee Hearing on the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. House of Representatives' Ways & Means Committee held a hearing on the individual and emplo...
Confused about What Happens at Tax Time? FAQs on Penalties, Exemptions, Reconciliation, and SEPs
As part of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project to help navigators and assisters in five ...
Year One for the Shared Responsibility Payment: Taking a Closer Look at the Affordability Exemption
The current tax filing season, for the 2014 tax year, is the first in which consumers will need to i...
Update on Fixed Indemnity Insurance: No Longer an ACA Loophole?
In recent rulemaking, the Obama administration attempts to close a potential loophole in the Afforda...
Here’s the Latest on Mandate Exemptions
Now that 2014 is here, the ACA's individual mandate is in effect. In the last few months the Adminis...
Another Shift in Health Insurance Rules: Helping Consumers Keep Up
On the eve of the December 23 deadline to sign up for health insurance coverage, the Administration ...
Update on Health Care Sharing Ministries: Exempted from the ACA’s Individual Mandate – and State Consumer Protections
The Obama Administration has asked health care sharing ministries to step forward to determine wheth...
Delay the Individual Mandate? Why That’s a Bad Idea.
The Urban Institute has published a helpful analysis of proposals to delay the Affordable Care Act's...
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...
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...