Marketplace Issues/Stability
A report released today by the AHA offers state-level strategies to help stabilize the Health Insurance Marketplaces. “Given the unique characteristics of each state, there is no single option that would work for all states, and all of the options come with implementation hurdles,” the report…
House Republicans Friday reached an agreement with the current administration and certain states in their lawsuit challenging the Obama administration for reimbursing insurers for cost-sharing reductions provided through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Under the agreement, the parties would ask…
Some provider-owned health plans cover just one market segment (e.g., Medicaid managed care) and other plans offer a full portfolio of products for the public and commercial sectors. There are increasing examples of health care systems and hospitals partnering with provider and commercial health…
The Health Insurance Marketplaces have become a major source of health care coverage, and millions of low-income individuals rely on the marketplaces to access subsidies to lower the cost of their premiums and cost-sharing. However, the marketplaces in some regions have struggled to stabilize, with…
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) yesterday introduced the Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act of 2017 that would fund cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers for two years and eliminate temporarily…
The CMS Oct. 27 issued a proposed rule that would implement the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2019.