In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS has published a proposed rule that would grant tax ad...
The Trump administration is expected to reverse federal limitations on short-term insurance, which ...
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Lowering the cost of prescription medication has broad support over the political spectrum and there...
In Part 2 of this three-part series, we look at how state departments of insurance responded to the ...
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Technology is transforming how we access and receive health care through the use of telemedicine. As...
As of June 17, 2016, the federally facilitated market will require consumers who have enrolled into ...
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The ACA prohibits benefit limits and cost sharing that discriminate against individuals based on hea...
On April 29, the Obama Administration signaled a phased-in approach to implementing the quality rati...
The administration recently published the results of its compliance review of health plans participa...
Health plan consolidation has been in the news lately. The Department of Justice is reviewing propos...
Most Americans see the need for more data about health insurance and how it’s working for consumer...
While we’re struggling with Affordable Care Act (ACA) issues, there’s value in taking the time t...
Seventeen states have enacted rules for health insurance marketplace navigators that could hinder th...
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Media outlets are reporting on a trend towards narrow network health plans offered through the Affor...
A number of states have acted in recent years to exempt health care sharing ministries from traditio...
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has appointed former Senator Ben Nelson a...
In our most recent issue brief for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR researchers studied the progress stat...
Of the many consumer protection tools available to health insurance regulators, one of the most powe...
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On May 7th, the National Institute for Healthcare Management Foundation hosted a webinar on state ma...
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While we have certainly seen some busy weeks for Affordable Care Act implementation, we had not expe...
This past week marked the first of three national conferences for the National Association of Insura...
On Monday, Vermont became the first state to release preliminary rate filings for plans to be sold i...
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As significant an impact as the Affordable Care Act will have on the U.S. health insurance market, ...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is developing a set of materials to help educate...
In our most recent issue brief for the Commonwealth Fund, Sabrina Corlette and CHIR colleagues exami...
On August 11, 2012, the consumer representatives to the National Association of Insurance Commission...
The debate over the sale of stop-loss insurance to small employers is a hot topic among health polic...
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As the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting kicks off in Washington DC this week,...
Last week the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its draft application for Multi-Sta...
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As of September 23, consumers will begin to receive a new summary of benefits and coverage form that...
Thanks to the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, CHIRblog will feature profiles of every...
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With the deadline looming for comments on the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) recent pro...
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Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation—in partnership with CHIR, the American Cancer Society, and the...
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is moving forward with model state laws t...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its annual summer meeting in Atlanta...
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On November 16, state regulators and interested parties held the first public meeting of the NAIC�...
Our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families are out with a new report analyzing the impac...
Today, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released four new cross-cutting reports prepared by the Ur...
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Today, the Commonwealth Fund released a new issue brief from CHIR on the availability of child-only ...
With the fundamental direction of health policy in our country on the line, Americans across the cou...
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As HHS races against some incredibly tight deadlines between now and January 1, 2014, we've no...
