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...
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...
Websites and brokers that sell short-term health plans as a replacement for ACA-compliant coverage often fail to give consumers the detailed plan information necessary to inform their purchase,...
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...
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...
In a highly politically court case brought by a number of Republican officials, US District Judge Reed O'Connor has issued a ruling stating that the Affordable Care Act as a whole is...
New analysis of available health plans on ACA exchanges in 2019 shows that narrow networks remain a dominant force.
Avalere researchers found that more restrictive networks own nearly three-quarters...
American Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) recently issued a dozen solutions aimed at assisting families with an income over 400 percent of the federal poverty level afford comprehensive coverage covering...
The Department of Justice reached a settlement agreement with Atrium Health (formerly Carolinas HealthCare System) over alleged anti-competition in the form of steering restrictions in commercial payer...
New research published by the Kaiser Family Foundation provides insight into the forces driving health payers to participate in certain ACA marketplaces while wholly quitting others.
Insurer...
Last month, a breach of HealthCare.gov took place that affected those applying for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, HHS reported last Friday.
The intrusion led to inappropriate access to the...
CMS has proposed a new rule that would audit premium subsidy eligibility for individual health plan beneficiaries and monitor premium assistance programs through the federal insurance exchanges.
The...
CMS has issued federal guidance intended to expand the scope and availability of state-level waiver programs.
State governments can now apply for State Relief and Empowerment Waivers that may...
CMS has announced it expects the average ACA health plan premium to drop by 1.5 percent for healthy consumers that purchase low-cost silver tier plans.
The agency stated that it is the first time...
The American Medical Association and other industry trade groups have filed amici curiae in support of a lawsuit contesting the legality of short-term health plans.
The Association for Community...
