The Sleeper Provision in the Reconciliation Bill That Could Hobble the ACA Marketplaces

An obscure provision in the U.S. House reconciliation bill could have major consequences for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. In a guest post for CHIRblog, the Urban Institute’s Jason Levitis and Brookings’ Visiting Fellow Christen Linke-Young dig into how this provision could radically change people’s ability to access and maintain affordable health insurance.

Death by Slow Strangulation: New Tactics in Longstanding Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act 

The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to take up legislation that, if enacted, would be tantamount to a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for millions of Americans who will lose their health insurance, and for millions more who will be required to submit to red tape and higher costs to retain their coverage. CHIR experts Sabrina Corlette, Karen Davenport, and Stacey Pogue dive into what the bill includes and what it means for the 24 million Americans who are covered through the ACA Marketplaces.

March Research Roundup: What We’re Reading

In March, we anticipated sunshine and warmer days while keeping up with the latest health policy research. We read about marketplace plan deductibles, physician turnover in private-equity acquired practices, and estimated savings from prescription drug rebates.

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