What’s New for the 2025 Plan Year Open Enrollment
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces begins on November 1. We review several important policies and programmatic changes that could affect Marketplace consumers in 2025.
Author Archive: Sabrina Corlette
High-Risk Pools: A High Risk Proposition for People with Pre-Existing Conditions
J.D. Vance, candidate for Vice President of the United States, has called for replacing the ACA’s insurance reforms with “high risk pools” for people with pre-existing conditions. CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette revisits how high risk pools worked (or more often, didn’t work) for people, prior to the ACA.
It’s Still the Prices: Looking Under the Hood at Proposed 2025 Premiums
July is rate review season for state insurance departments. Proposed premiums for 2025 can help reveal how health insurers are responding to market trends, policy changes, and underlying drivers of health care cost growth. In her latest article for CHIRblog, Sabrina Corlette digs into the projected premium changes for 2025 and what’s driving them.
CBO Projections Are Not Destiny: Policies, ACA Investments Can Change Trajectory
The Congressional Budget Office has released its 10-year projections for the country’s health insurance coverage rates. In her latest article for Health Affairs Forefront, CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette reviews the agency’s predictions and provides a roadmap for maintaining – and even improving – our nation’s historically high coverage rates.
New Rule Opens the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces to DACA Recipients
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has released a final regulation allowing people who receive Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to access new health insurance options. CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette and Julian Polaris of Manatt Health review the rule and its implications for state policy.
Final Rule Rescinds Trump-Era Association Health Plans
The US Department of Labor recently finalized regulations governing the formation of Association Health Plans, reversing a 2018 Trump-era policy. In a recent Health Affairs Forefront article, CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette reviews the final rule and its impact on small business health insurance.