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Affordable Care Act Legislation Affecting Small Employers Sparks Rare...

Yesterday, the Health subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee had a hearing on H.R. 1624, a bill that if enacted, would repeal an ACA provision changing the definition of small employer...

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Repeal of Small Business Provision of the ACA Creates Natural Experiment in...

Congress recently passed legislation allowing states to decide on the shape of the market for small business health insurance. Which states took action, and how? In their latest blog post for the...

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CHIR Expert Testifies Before the House Committee on Small Business Regarding...

On February 7, the House Committee on Small Business held a hearing titled, “Reimagining the Health Care Marketplace for America’s Small Businesses,” to discuss the challenges small businesses are...

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Affordable Care Act Reforms Not Fully Realized for Small Businesses: New...

A new report published by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation uncovers trends in the market for small business health insurance that could have long-term implications for small...

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When Policy and Politics Conflict: Challenges to State-level Market...

Within the last month, Delaware has adopted two policies with diametrically different effects on their small business insurance market. One would help make the market stronger and more stable, the...

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The Trump Administration’s Association Health Plans Emerge: What Early...

This past summer, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a regulation calling for the expansion of association health plans (AHPs) for small businesses and self-employed individuals. There continue to...

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Virginia’s Enrollment Season Perfect Storm

Across the country, states are yet again dealing with policy changes just before the fall open enrollment season. Virginia, however, is a special case. The state is dealing with simultaneous...

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recent Federal Policy on Small...

CHIR researchers have teamed up once again with the Urban Institute to assess how federal policy is affecting the market for small business health insurance. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic was...

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January Research Roundup: What We’re Reading

In our newest monthly roundup of health policy research, CHIR’s Emma Walsh-Alker reviews studies on the potential of personalized phone outreach to boost marketplace enrollment, trends in the...

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February Research Roundup: What We’re Reading 

In February, CHIR used Leap Day to catch up on the latest health policy research. This month we read studies on the uninsurance rate, dynamics between the small-group market and individual Marketplace,...

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