In March, we anticipated sunshine and warmer days while keeping up with the latest health policy research. We read about marketplace plan deductibles, physician turnover in private-equity acquired practices, and estimated savings from prescription drug rebates.
In recently proposed regulatory changes to marketplace coverage, the Trump Administration intends to strip Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients of eligibility for marketplace coverage. This proposal represents the latest twist in the roller coaster of policy changes and litigation DACA recipients have endured.
CMS recently finalized a change in the 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, granting states the flexibility to update essential health benefit (EHB) benchmark plans. In this post, CHIR experts reflect on recent state updates to EHB and adult dental coverage.
Last fall, the Biden Administration finalized a rule updating standards for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). In their latest piece for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR’s JoAnn Volk and Billy Dering discuss the new requirements for use of “non-quantitative treatment limits” that impose significant barriers to behavioral health treatment.
We are delighted to welcome three new members to the CHIR team: Karen Handorf, Julia Burleson, and Amanda Concepcion.
In February, the Trump administration issued an executive order outlining steps for federal agencies to promote healthcare price transparency for patients, employers, and policymakers. In her latest piece for Health Affairs, Stacey Pogue explores how this executive order could improve areas where healthcare price transparency has historically faced challenges.
Peter Nelson, the new director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) has brought a long forgotten ACA provision back into the spotlight. CHIR’s Stacey Pogue breaks down Section 1333 compacts, what it would mean for consumers, and concerns for implementation.
On March 23, 2025, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In this post, CHIR experts reflect on how the law’s reforms affected people’s access to affordable, high quality health insurance, and what the next 15 years might bring.
Over the last two months, CHIR hosted a three-part webinar series about the corporate transformation of health care. Kennah Watts discusses some unanswered questions from the series relating to price caps, transparency, and rural hospitals, and highlights further CHIR resources on the subject.
On March 10, 2025, the Trump administration released draft rules with policy changes for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces and insurance rules. In their latest Expert Perspective for the State Health & Value Strategies program, Sabrina Corlette and Jason Levitis review the implications of the proposal for State-Based Marketplaces and state insurance regulators.
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