State of the States: Choosing an Essential Health Benefits Benchmark Plan
To help make coverage more comprehensive, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurers to cover a minimum set of health insurance benefits, known as “essential health benefits.” JoAnn Volk and Max...
View ArticleVermont’s Rate Fillings: What Do They Mean for Consumers?
On Monday, Vermont became the first state to release preliminary rate filings for plans to be sold in their health insurance exchange in 2014. Christine Monahan crunches the numbers to see what they...
View ArticleIn the Midst of “Rate Shock” Fears, Insurers Are Requesting Lower Rates in...
An interesting thing happened in Oregon last week after the Division of Insurance publicly posted insurers' proposed premium rates for 2014. After seeing their competitors' prices, two insurers asked...
View ArticleNew Report: States Going Above and Beyond to Create Sustainable Exchanges and...
In a new report for The Commonwealth Fund, Sarah Dash, Kevin Lucia, Katie Keith, and Christine Monahan provide a comprehensive look at the critical design decisions made by 17 states and the District...
View ArticleA Story of Promise and Peril: OIG’s Review of the new CO-OPs
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recently examined the progress of the new Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs), created under the ACA. Their report...
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