Author Archive: CHIR Faculty

Cancellation of Policies in the Individual Market: Apology Accepted, Mr. President – No Further Action Required

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Last Thursday, the President apologized to those individuals currently covered under an individual policy and who will need to transition to a new policy that complies with the 2014 requirements under the Affordable Care Act. In his latest blog, David Cusano notes that this result was a necessary and predictable one, and encourages Americans to accept the President’s apology and move forward by promoting and implementing the protections under the ACA.

Beware a Rush to Judgment Based on Early Enrollment Numbers

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The Obama Administration will soon release the first month enrollment figures for the new health insurance marketplaces. To put these early numbers in perspective, our Georgetown University Health Policy Institute colleague Jack Hoadley reflects on the Medicare Part D experience.

Helping Consumers Understand their Coverage Options, from Coast to Coast

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A massive consumer outreach and education effort is underway to help consumers understand their new coverage options under the Affordable Care Act. But obstacles remain, particularly in states with federally facilitated marketplaces. In the second of a two-part series of blogs for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR faculty members Sarah Dash, Kevin Lucia, and Justin Giovannelli examined the range of outreach efforts across the states.

What CHIP Implementation Can Teach Us

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The early problems with the ACA’s health insurance marketplaces are frustrating. But if history is any guide, they will be temporary – and we can learn from them. Gene Lewit, a CHIP expert who lived through that law’s roll out in the 1990s, blogs about his new report, which finds that enrollment in new major health insurance expansions will be slow at first and expose problems that even the most careful planning might not have anticipated.

Kaiser Report Finds More Than 5 Million Will Fall Into Coverage Gap Created by States Failing to Expand Medicaid

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There’s been a lot of talk lately about the technical problems with the new websites for the health insurance marketplaces. While these problems are real, they are likely to be resolved soon. And, as documented in a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, they pale in comparison to the barriers posed by states’ failure to expand their Medicaid programs. Cathy Hope got the report bright and early this morning and has this report.

Measuring ACA Enrollment: Lessons from Medicare Part D

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The criticisms of the launch of the ACA’s marketplaces continue to roll in, with some charging that enrollment is anemic. But what enrollment expectations are reasonable, and within what time frame? Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Jack Hoadley looks at the enrollment experience in Medicare Part D for some historical perspective.

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