While we have certainly seen some busy weeks for Affordable Care Act implementation, we had not expected this week to be so filled with new federal guidance and key events on exchange development and other insurance reform issues. To help you (and us) keep up, Katie Keith has a quick guide on what is happening this week on Affordable Care Act implementation.
In the last few days the federal government has released new guidance for insurance companies relating to the new health insurance marketplaces and the market-wide insurance reforms under the Affordable Care Act. Sabrina Corlette gives us a run down.
With open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces just around the corner, attention is turning to the critical need for assistance to help consumers understand their new health insurance choices. The Kaiser Family and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations co-hosted a panel discussion on the topic, and Allison Johnson was there.
With the final rules on essential health benefits and market reforms now released, stakeholders have turned to how coverage will work for consumers. Our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families take a look at how one important set of benefits—dental care—will work for kids next year. Joe Touschner has more on some of the most important issues to watch regarding dental coverage for children.
In our most recent report, Kevin Lucia, Christine Monahan, and Sabrina Corlette assess attitudes towards and trends in self-insurance for smaller employers through interviews with stakeholders in 10 study states. Christine reviews the report’s findings and implications.
On Monday, Vermont became the first state to release preliminary rate filings for plans to be sold in their health insurance exchange in 2014. Christine Monahan crunches the numbers to see what they mean for consumers.
With the Affordable Care Act’s most significant reforms going into effect in 2014, attention has increasingly turned to the price tag for consumers. Following last week’s release of not one but two analyses on projected health insurance premiums in 2014, the issue is receiving headlines once again. Christine Monahan and Katie Keith report on the major findings from these two analyses and the significant distinctions between them.
Everyone likes to talk about paying for value, but how is it being implemented in the real world? Sarah Dash highlights two new studies that shed some light on key benchmarks to watch as health care coverage continues to evolve.
With much attention focused on this week’s Republican National Convention, Katie Keith dives in to presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s platform on healthcare—and what it could mean for consumers and the future of the Affordable Care Act.
As the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting kicks off in Washington DC this week, Sabrina Corlette headed to one meeting a little early. She has the highlights from yesterday's SERFF (System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing) meeting and how they're keeping busy on the Affordable Care Act.
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