The Reconciliation Bill Eliminates Long-Standing State Flexibility to Operate Marketplaces and Regulate Private Health Insurance

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would eliminate much of the flexibility granted to states over the operations of State-Based Marketplaces (SBMs), impose burdensome new requirements, and reduce their revenue base. In a new CHIRblog post, ACA experts Jason Levitis, Christen Linke-Young, Sabrina Corlette, Ellen Montz, and Claire O’Brien dive into the bill’s costly new mandates for states.