New Jersey will move away from the federal insurance marketplace and transition to a state health insurance exchange in 2021, Governor Phil Murphy announced last week.
The Democratic governor...
The House Energy & Commerce Committee (E&C) has opened an inquiry into short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans and companies that may be acting against consumer interests by selling...
In its 2020 fiscal year federal budget, The Trump Administration is proposing a significant reconfiguration of the nation’s healthcare landscape by rolling back Medicaid expansion, creating state...
Policymakers should revise current tax policies and work to eliminate financial barriers to health insurance in order to reduce individual market premiums, says a new brief from the Blue Cross Blue...
CMS is soliciting public comments on strategies that would allow enrollees to purchase health insurance across state lines in an effort to increase competition and improve affordability for...
Consumers are turning to short-term health plans primarily because they cannot afford other options, according to a new survey from insurance portal eHealth.com.
Instead of using short-term plans to...
Democrats and Republicans from the House of Representatives have joined their Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to delay the ACA Health Insurance Tax for several years.
Representatives...
Non-US citizens, including immigrants lawfully present in the country, are significantly more likely than citizens to be uninsured, according to new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
The...
State legislators in Vermont and North Carolina are considering legislation that would impact the viability of association health plans (AHPs) in their states.
State bills in Vermont and North...
Major health payers and representative trade groups are urging CMS not to eliminate the practice of silver-loading, which has been used to stabilize premiums in a volatile and unpredictable market.
In...
Multiple court cases have been decided in the favor of insurers looking to recoup millions of dollars in cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments withheld by the Trump Administration in 2017.
Health...
As the nation starts to turn its politics-weary eyes towards the 2020 election cycle, a new series of healthcare talking points are emerging, particularly from the left-hand side of the ideological...
Earlier this week, the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index reported that the percentage of adults without health insurance reached 13.7 percent by the close of 2018. The polling group sampled...
Senators from both sides of the aisle have sponsored a bill that would delay implementation of the ACA’s health insurance tax (HIT) once again, this time for two years.
The $16 billion tax,...
CMS has issued its proposed Payment Notice for the 2020 plan year, which contains provisions that would significantly alter the operations and structure of the ACA individual marketplace.
Continuing a...
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the launch of a comprehensive, universal healthcare coverage plan that will guarantee benefits for every New Yorker.
“Healthcare is a right, not a privilege...
Forty-five percent of adults aged 50 to 64 are not confident that they will be able to afford healthcare coverage in retirement, according to a poll conducted by the University of Michigan Institute...
AHIP is cautioning federal regulators to move slowly and carefully when expanding the availability of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) as a more prominent means of paying for healthcare...
It’s fair to say that the health payer community had a lot to process in 2018.
Mergers, partnerships, and new entries into the field rocked the traditional industry setup, while federal...
Following a December 14 ruling stating the Affordable Care Act to be unconstitutional without its individual mandate, attorney generals from 16 states and the District of Columbia filed an expedited...
