NAIC – Moving Forward on Consumer Protections in the ACA
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is moving forward with model state laws to implement the ACA's sweeping insurance reforms. Sabrina Corlette takes a look. Continue reading...
View ArticleDamaging House Bill Would Undo Health Reform Protections and Raise Small...
The U.S. House of Representatives is debating legislation this week that would undermine consumer protections for small employers and cause premiums to increase for many. Edwin Park of the Center on...
View ArticleMore Trouble than it’s Worth? The Affordable Care Act’s Redefinition of the...
The Affordable Care Act includes a reform of the health insurance market that has received relatively little attention, but that's likely to change. The provision requires a change in the definition of...
View ArticleState Decisions on Allowing Mid-Sized Employers to Delay a Move to the...
Beginning in 2016, the Affordable Care Act requires states to change the definition of "small employer" from one with up to 50 employees to up to 100 employees. Such a change could affect health...
View ArticleNot One, Not Two but Three New Resources from CHIR: Small Business Health...
There's been some renewed attention to the status and future of the small business health insurance market, particularly as an Affordable Care Act reform scheduled to go into effect in 2016 could cause...
View ArticleCHIR Expert Sabrina Corlette Testifies before U.S. Senate Roundtable on Small...
On July 7 the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee held a roundtable discussion about challenges and opportunities facing the small business health insurance market. CHIR Senior...
View ArticleAffordable 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...
View ArticleRepeal 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...
View ArticleCHIR 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...
View ArticleAffordable 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...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleVirginia’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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleJanuary 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...
View ArticleFebruary 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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