Category: Implementing the Affordable Care Act

New Resource for Assisters Covers Private Insurance and Marketplace Plans

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Almost two months into open enrollment, Navigators and other consumer assisters must field a multitude of questions about plan options inside the marketplace and out, how individual and employer-sponsored coverage may change as a result of the ACA, and whether consumers have the coverage they need to satisfy the individual mandate. Today, CHIR released a Navigator Resource Guide that helps Navigators explain key insurance and marketplace concepts and accurately answer a wide range of questions.

As High Risk Pool Coverage Ends, Coverage Gaps Could Arise for Some Enrollees

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As ACA implementation unfolds, one group that will be transitioning to new coverage is individuals enrolled in state-run high risk pools. Because these individuals have such significant health care needs, their transition to new coverage raises potential concerns, especially for those who use their high risk pool plan to supplement their Medicare coverage. In this blog, JoAnn Volk takes a look at those transition issues and how some states are responding.

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.

Small Business and the ACA: Survey Debunks Opponents’ Claims

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Many ACA opponents claim that the ACA will be a “job killer” and cause employers to drop coverage or cut employees’ hours. A recent survey of small businesses commissioned by the National Federation of Independent Business contains strong evidence that those claims are overblown. Sabrina Corlette takes a look at their findings.

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.

Policy Cancellations – Another Tempest in a Teapot?

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One of the latest ACA story lines involves people with individual health insurance policies receiving policy cancellation notices. Sabrina Corlette and Kevin Lucia dissect this emerging issue – as well as the protections and new coverage options available.

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