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.
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means held an oversight hearing during which they questioned CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner on the technical issues Healthcare.gov has faced since its launch. But the hearing went well beyond Website problems. Elissa Dines tuned in and offers this report.
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.
The U.S. House of Representatives began the first in what is likely to be a series of oversight hearings into the botched launch of the ACA’s health insurance marketplaces, with an aggressive drilling of four of the top IT contractors. Elissa Dines heard it all, and offers this overview.
With the website for the ACA’s health insurance marketplace off to a rocky launch, it can be hard to remember what the ACA is all about. It’s certainly not just about a website, and a new poll out from Gallup brings that fact home in a powerful way. Sabrina Corlette takes a look.
The Obama Administration has asked health care sharing ministries to step forward to determine whether they qualify under the Affordable Care Act for an exemption from the individual mandate. What are health care sharing ministries and how are they regulated? Sabrina Corlette provides some background.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the technical problems with the new websites for the health insurance marketplaces. While these problems are real, they are likely to be resolved soon. And, as documented in a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, they pale in comparison to the barriers posed by states’ failure to expand their Medicaid programs. Cathy Hope got the report bright and early this morning and has this report.
The latest Health Affairs podcast discusses the significance of the early enrollment experience, featuring CHIR’s Sarah Dash, the American Enterprise Institute’s Joe Antos, and Manatt Health Solution’s Joel Ario. Elissa Dines tuned in and offers highlights.
Some are questioning the adequacy of health insurance on the new marketplaces. But such concerns neglect to mention that these new plans will be a far better deal compared to what, up to now, has been available. Sabrina Corlette takes a look at the comprehensiveness of health insurance coverage, pre- and post-ACA.
The criticisms of the launch of the ACA’s marketplaces continue to roll in, with some charging that enrollment is anemic. But what enrollment expectations are reasonable, and within what time frame? Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Jack Hoadley looks at the enrollment experience in Medicare Part D for some historical perspective.
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