A new study in the journal Health Affairs finds that the ACA's dependent coverage provision has not only increased coverage for young adults, it's improved their access to health care services. Sabrina Corlette takes a look.
With the deadline looming for comments on the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) recent proposed rule implementing the Multi-State Plan Program, Christine Monahan poses three key questions stakeholders are thinking about.
Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation—in partnership with CHIR, the American Cancer Society, and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable—released a new report exploring how private insurers are applying cost-sharing for colorectal cancer screening, such as colonoscopies. Kevin Lucia, one of the report's authors, discusses what the findings mean for this new benefit under the Affordable Care Act.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is moving forward with model state laws to implement the ACA's sweeping insurance reforms. Sabrina Corlette takes a look.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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