Marketplace Issues/Stability
The Senate yesterday voted 51-50 to approve the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376), a roughly $700 billion social spending package that includes health care, climate change and tax provisions.
The AHA and eight other national hospital organizations today urged Congress to quickly extend the American Rescue Plan Act’s enhanced premium tax credits for health coverage purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace, which are set to expire this year.
The AHA and eight other national organizations urge Congress to quickly extend the American Rescue Plan Act’s enhanced premium tax credits for health coverage purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace, which are set to expire this year.
Six national organizations, including the AHA, today urged congressional leaders to permanently expand access to the Affordable Care Act’s advance premium tax credits.
We call on Congress to act now to make the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) expanded access to the ACA’s advanced premium tax credits (APTCs) permanent, ensuring millions of low- and middle-income families continue to have access to affordable coverage in 2023 and beyond.
The AHA commends CMS on the updates to the network adequacy standards, which are critical to ensuring that patients have access to the care they need. We also strongly support CMS’ attention to advancing health equity and look forward to continued partnership on this important work.
The average monthly premium for consumers receiving an advance premium tax credit was $133, down from $164 in 2021.
This document summarizes proposal from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for 2023 on the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.
Amicus Brief: NJ Hospital Association Re: Federal Trade Commission V. Hackensack Meridian Health, Inc. and Englewood Healthcare Foundation
INTRODUCTION
The FTC’s approach to defining the relevant geographic market in this case conflicts with settled law and economic principles, as well as business reality. In-deed, the FTC is attempting to do something that it has never directly attempted in hospital merger litigation—define a…