Congress is poised to enact the Inflation Reduction Act, a $740 billion reconciliation package that includes sweeping climate change, deficit reduction, and health policy provisions. In her latest Expert Perspective for the State Health & Value Strategies project, Sabrina Corlette reviews the health care changes and their implications for states.
Health insurers have begun to submit their proposed premium rates for 2023, and they’re not looking pretty. CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette dives into what is driving hefty premium increases in her annual review of the rate justifications insurers submit to state insurance departments.
The Biden administration is advancing new standards and policies for the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces, including tougher network adequacy oversight, standardized benefit designs, and new requirements for insurance brokers. In her latest Expert Perspective for the State Health & Value Strategies project, CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette reviews provisions that have particular import for state marketplaces and insurance regulators.
It will be “all hands on deck” for state officials once the public health emergency ends and up to 16 million people face the loss of their Medicaid coverage. As many of these individuals will be eligible for commercial health insurance (and up to one-third will be eligible for Marketplace subsidies), state insurance regulators will play an important role. In a new issue brief for State Health & Value Strategies, Sabrina Corlette provides a checklist to help departments of insurance navigate the impending massive shift in coverage.
The Biden administration has proposed significant changes to the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces through the annual “Notice of Benefit & Payment Parameters.” In this second of a three-part series, CHIR’s Megan Houston and Sabrina Corlette review the comments and recommendations that participating health insurers have submitted in response.
New federal rules require health insurers to cover and waive consumer cost-sharing for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests. State insurance regulators will be on the front lines of enforcing the new coverage mandate. In her latest Expert Perspective for the State Health & Value Strategies project, Sabrina Corlette assesses the new requirements and identifies areas where state insurance departments may need to fill in gaps.
The Biden administration has proposed a range of new standards and policies for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces. In her latest Expert Perspective for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health & Value Strategies project, Sabrina Corlette breaks down provisions that are of particular importance to states.
The Biden administration has announced a new policy to require health plans to pay for at-home COVID-19 tests. CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette walks through the pros and cons of their approach.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the “Build Back Better Act” with provisions that significantly improve the affordability and accessibility of health insurance coverage, and the Senate is expected to act on the bill later this year. CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette teamed up with experts at Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families to summarize the Medicaid, CHIP, and private insurance policies in the bill.
The details of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation were released on October 28. It contains dramatic changes designed to build on and strengthen the Affordable Care Act. CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette reviewed the 1,600+ page bill for provisions affecting people’s access to affordable private coverage, so you don’t have to.
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