This past week marked the first of three national conferences for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2013. In a post that originally appeared on the Community Catalyst Blog, Christine Barber – a consumer representative to the NAIC – highlights what you need to know from the meeting.
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.
As significant an impact as the Affordable Care Act will have on the U.S. health insurance market, there remain a number of ways health insurance carriers and other stakeholders may avoid or delay the law’s reforms. Christine Monahan discusses a new loophole gaining attention at the state level that would allow health insurance carriers to delay compliance with the ACA’s 2014 market reforms for a year.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is developing a set of materials to help educate consumers about their new rights under the Affordable Care Act. Sabrina Corlette is a member of the NAIC’s newly reconvened “Consumer Information Subgroup” and reports on the latest developments.
In our most recent issue brief for the Commonwealth Fund, Sabrina Corlette and CHIR colleagues examined states’ selection of an essential health benefits benchmark plan. In this blog Sabrina reviews the report’s findings and what they mean for ongoing implementation of these critical consumer protections.
On August 11, 2012, the consumer representatives to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) debuted a a set of recommendations to ensure that state and federal lawmakers implement the Affordable Care Act's insurance reforms in a way that meet consumers’ needs. Learn more about the consumer representatives' recommendations and read the press release here!
The debate over the sale of stop-loss insurance to small employers is a hot topic among health policy wonks. Christine Monahan offers the latest news on this developing issue.
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.
Last week the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released its draft application for Multi-State Plans. Sabrina Corlette discusses what to expect going forward and takes a look at the questions that the draft tried to answer – and those it didn't.
As of September 23, consumers will begin to receive a new summary of benefits and coverage form that describes what's covered by their insurance policy. Sabrina Corlette welcomes these new forms and discusses how they were developed as well as their potential to help tame the “wild west” of shopping for health insurance coverage.
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