Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would propose rulemaking to effectively end the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) as we know it. CHIR’s Emily Curran takes a look at the brief life of the federally run program.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to improve access to health insurance coverage for small-business employees by creating a Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace in every state. One key feature of SHOP Marketplaces is employee choice whereby employees can select among multiple insurers and plans for health insurance coverage that best suits their needs. CHIR’s Sarah Dash and Kevin Lucia review how SHOPs are implementing employee choice in a new Health Policy Brief published by Health Affairs.
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.
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