The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its annual summer meeting in Atlanta from August 11 to August 14. Katie Keith discusses the most interesting things heard at the meeting.
On November 16, state regulators and interested parties held the first public meeting of the NAIC's new Health Care Reform Regulatory Alternatives Working Group, charged with providing a forum for discussing open issues and alternatives to state-based exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. Katie Keith has highlights from this meeting and previews what the group might discuss at the next NAIC national meeting later this month.
Our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families are out with a new report analyzing the impact that Medicaid expansion would have in Florida. They found that 800,000 to 1.3 million uninsured Floridians would gain health coverage with no net cost to the state and potential state savings as high as $100 million per year. Joan Alker has more about the report and what it could mean for Floridians.
States have consistently asked for more guidance from the federal government on health insurance exchanges, and, today, federal regulators delivered (at least partially). Sabrina Corlette discusses the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight's release of the final Blueprint for Approval of Affordable State-based and State Partnership Insurance Exchanges.
Continuing our “Real Stories, Real Reforms” series, CHIRblog presents our third profile of everyday people across the country who will – or have already – benefited from new consumer protections under the Affordable Care Act. JoAnn Volk tells us about Martin Addie, his struggle to keep coverage for his life-saving treatments, and how the Affordable Care Act has helped.
Our friend and CHIR colleague, Mila Kofman, has been named the Executive Director of the health insurance exchange for D.C. CHIRblogger Sabrina Corlette writes about this exciting new chapter.
The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on December 13 to discuss critical questions regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s health exchange and Medicaid expansion provisions. Max Levin was there and provides some key highlights.
On August 9, 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released three new reports prepared by the Urban Institute and CHIR on Minnesota, New Mexico, and Virginia as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking series. The reports include detailed case studies on the implementation of health reform in each state and are part of a broader series of reports on ACA implementation in 10 key states.
While many will be focused on the drama of the November election, Katie Keith discusses the need for federal and state officials, health plans, providers, and consumer advocates to stay focused on meeting critical implementation goals on very tight timeframes so that the promise of the Affordable Care Act's reforms can be realized.
Welcome to CHIR's new blog – we’re excited to introduce ourselves and launch a new forum to share our insights on health insurance coverage and insurance markets, with a particular focus on how people are affected by insurance reform!
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