The GOP’s Plans for Health Care if they Take Control of Congress: A Mixed Bag for Consumers
The midterm elections are upon us, and most voters view health care as a “very important” issue....
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Is There Really A Question? Intervenor States Have Clear Interest in Defending the Affordable Care Act
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the parties in Texas v. United States to file supplemen...
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 ...
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...
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...
Repealing The ACA Could Worsen The Opioid Epidemic
As our country grapples with an “unprecedented opioid epidemic,” Congress is taking steps to tak...
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What will happen if the Affordable Care Act is repealed without a replacement?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...
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...
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...
Wisconsin’s Objection to Automatic Re-enrollment of Enrollees in Federally Facilitated Marketplaces
The administration recently issued a proposal to smooth renewals for consumers affected by insurance...
As Self-Funding Increases in Popularity, Two States Step up to Address Potential Stop-Loss Policy Concerns
In the wake of the Affordable Care Act's insurance market reforms, policy experts have raised concer...
Final Rule on Wraparound Coverage as an Excepted Benefit
The Obama administration released a final rule providing the requirements for wraparound coverage to...
Insurance Premium Surcharges for Smokers May Jeopardize Access to Coverage
While the ACA limits the power of insurance companies to charge higher prices to consumers based on ...
Implementing the Affordable Care Act: Revisiting the ACA’s Essential Health Benefits Requirements
Within the next several months, federal officials must decide whether to maintain or modify their "t...
Damaging House Bill Would Undo Health Reform Protections and Raise Small Business Premiums
The U.S. House of Representatives is debating legislation this week that would undermine consumer pr...
New Report Finds that, Under the ACA, Consumers Nationwide Are Experiencing Improved Protections in the Individual Insurance Market
The ACA includes numerous consumer protections designed to remedy shortcomings in the availability, ...
The Affordable Care Act’s Disclosure Rules: Can They Improve Coverage, Raise Care Quality, and Cut Costs?
The Affordable Care Act is designed to expand access to affordable and adequate health insurance, im...
Update: State Decisions on the Policy Cancellation Fix
Implementation of the President’s proposed fix for health insurance policy cancellations rests wit...
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...
Don’t Be Fooled – ACA Coverage is a Better Deal for Just About Everyone
Some are questioning the adequacy of health insurance on the new marketplaces. But such concerns neg...
The Affordable Care Act’s Early Renewal Loophole: What’s at Stake and What States Are Doing to Close It
The Affordable Care Act includes sweeping insurance reforms to improve the affordability and adequac...
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...
Rate Review 2.0: The Next Generation
Last week the Administration released its final rule implementing the ACA's insurance market re...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Beware the Latest Loophole
As significant an impact as the Affordable Care Act will have on the U.S. health insurance market, ...
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 ...