Marketplace Issues/Stability

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued its draft 2018 Letter to Issuers, which provides operational and technical guidance to insurers intending to sell qualified health plans through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplaces in 2018.
More than 15.7 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program between Oct. 1, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2016.
The CMS Aug. 29 issued a proposed rule that would implement the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2018.
Health Insurance Marketplace premiums for 2015 averaged 7% lower in states that had expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act than in states that had not, according to an analysis released today by the Department of Health and Human Services.
On May 12, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia issued an injunction that, if implemented, would prevent the federal government from reimbursing health insurers for cost-sharing reductions.
On May 12, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia issued her second significant opinion in U.S. House of Representatives v. Burwell, a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
CMS Issues Final Rule on Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care