How States Can Help Curb the Rising Medical Debt Related to Federal Coverage Cuts
The budget reconciliation bill, combined with expiring enhanced premium tax credits and other recent...
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August Research Roundup
This August, between summer weekends and back-to-school prep, CHIR dug into fresh health policy rese...
June-July Research Roundup: Anticipated Effects of H.R. 1 on health insurance coverage, affordability, and uncompensated care
President Trump recently signed into law some of the most dramatic changes to our healthcare system ...
Early 2026 Rate Filings Show Marketplace Policy Changes Contribute to Eye-Popping Rate Increases
This year, insurers are setting their rates for 2026 while Congress and the administration weigh sev...
Delays In Extending Enhanced Marketplace Subsidies Would Raise Premiums And Reduce Coverage
A debate is looming for the U.S. Congress - whether or not to extend enhanced premium tax credits fo...
Biden’s Budget Sets Up a Spending Showdown, With ACA Subsidies in the Crosshairs
President Biden released his Fiscal Year 2024 budget earlier this month, outlining the administratio...
What’s New for 2023 Marketplace Enrollment?
The annual open enrollment period for Marketplace coverage is right around the corner, running from ...
August Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
For the August edition of our monthly research roundup, CHIR said farewell to summer by reviewing th...
Delays Extending The American Rescue Plan’s Health Insurance Subsidies Will Raise Premiums And Reduce Coverage
Congress has spent months debating an extension of enhanced premium tax credits enacted under the Am...
April Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
April brought us a shower of health policy research, including studies on the implications of the Am...
Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Who is Eligible for Financial Assistance on the Marketplace?
As part of CHIR’s weekly series highlighting FAQs from our updated Navigator Resource Guide, we hi...
April Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
April's latest health policy research is provided by CHIR's Nia Gooding in our monthly roundup. She ...
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...
State-Based Marketplaces Gear Up to Implement the American Rescue Plan
The state-based health insurance marketplaces are taking varied approaches to implementing the enhan...
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...
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 FAQ of the Week: Can I Get Help Paying for Coverage and Care?
Open Enrollment is in full swing in all 50 states and Washington, DC. As consumers consider their co...
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...
How Is the Partial Government Shutdown Affecting the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces?
We are now in the midst of the longest-ever shutdown of U.S. government agencies, resulting in close...
Navigator Guide FAQ of the Week: Eligibility for Premium Tax Credits
The midterm elections are over, but open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces is in f...
States Face Key Decisions if Alexander-Murray Proposal Is Included in Year-End Budget Bill
The Alexander-Murray bill to fund the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing subsidies could be included...
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 ...
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...
Twelve Days of Coverage
Despite the gloom and doom surrounding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when we look back at what the ...
Low-Income Households and ACA Tax Policies: Benefit from Tax Credits but Paying the Penalty
We are well into the third tax year of ACA premium tax credits and the individual shared responsibil...
HHS Study Shows Benefits of Shopping and Subsidies, but Costs Still a Concern
With health insurers' rate filings looming on the horizon, many are concerned we'll see proposed pre...
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...
Wondering What Marketplace Rate Increases Mean for Consumers?
The third open enrollment season for the Affordable Care Act's health insurance marketplaces begins ...
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...
Getting MAGI Right: Current Monthly Income Vs. Projected Annual Income
Under the Affordable Care Act, new rules for counting household size and income for purposes of Medi...
New “Halbig Provision” in Health Plan Agreements Poses Little Threat to Consumers
Insurers that sell coverage through the ACA’s federally facilitated marketplaces must sign a priva...
Do Nothing to Renew or Get an Updated Eligibility Determination? CMS Puts out Final Marketplace Renewal Rules
Last week the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published final rules for the...
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...
Help for Consumers Who Faced Marketplace Glitches
The Obama administration recently announced that the health insurance Marketplaces can offer consume...
How Do Updated 2014 Federal Poverty Level Thresholds Impact Medicaid, CHIP & Premium Tax Credit Eligibility?
The Administration recently released updated federal poverty level thresholds for 2014. With eligibi...
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...
Cancellation of Policies in the Individual Market: Apology Accepted, Mr. President – No Further Action Required
Last Thursday, the President apologized to those individuals currently covered under an individual p...
Don’t Be Misled: Indiana’s Consumers Won’t Have to Pay $500 a Month for Health Insurance
Indiana officials are suggesting that people will have to pay an average of $500 per month for indiv...
Figuring Out Premium Tax Credits
Amid debate about the cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, our colleague at Georg...