U.S. freezes payments to ACA insurers with sicker patients
The move by CMS may affect publicly traded insurers that have stuck with the ACA.
Federal health insurance exchanges
10 states with the highest uninsured rates
Florida and Texas are among the places not faring well when it comes to insurance coverage, according to comparative analytics from financial site WalletHub.
10 states with the highest uninsured rates
Florida and Texas are among the places not faring well when it comes to insurance coverage, according to comparative analytics from financial site WalletHub.
What employers need to know about the healthcare fight in Congress
Senator John McCain said Friday he wouldn’t support the Graham-Cassidy proposal. The measure, however, includes much that employer groups like, including removal of employer-mandate penalties and HSA reforms.
Senate GOP has 12 days to repeal the ACA and no room for error
They need to act by Sept. 30 to use a fast-track procedure that prevents Democrats from blocking it, but the deadline doesn’t leave enough time to get a full analysis of the bill’s effects from the Congressional Budget Office.
Sanders offers Medicare-for-all plan backed by 16 democrats
Despite new support, that doesn’t mean it stands a chance of passage. Republican lawmakers, who control both chambers of Congress, oppose a single-payer system.
ACA repeal odds slip as Senate gets new expiration date
Parliamentarian tells lawmakers that Republicans’ ability to pass an Obamacare replacement with just 51 votes expires at the end of this month.
Governors share health plan as Senate flirts with bipartisanship
Group including Ohio Gov. John Kasich is calling for changes to the ACA that would increase funding under the law, enforce some of its rules on buying insurance and encourage more health insurers to participate in the program.
Benefits Think The fate of the ACA exchanges rests on the Trump administration
Following the failure of repeal and replace, cost-sharing reduction payments could be next on the list for Congress.
Mary Powell
Trucker Huss
Benefits Think The fate of the ACA exchanges rests on the Trump administration
Following the failure of repeal and replace, cost-sharing reduction payments could be next on the list for Congress.
Mary Powell
Trucker Huss
Benefits Think With Congress likely to revisit health reform, what do advisers need to know?
Changes to the ACA and a range of other laws and regulations affecting health benefits could be imminent.
Jean C. Hemphill
Ballard Spahr LLP
Halting ACA subsidies would increase deficit, CBO says
President Trump has threatened to cut off the payments to force Democrats to negotiate changes, though lawmakers, insurers and regulators have called on the administration to continue the payments.
Benefits Think Prepping employer-sponsored health plans for regulatory and court developments
Possible changes to individual insurance markets and the viability of state and federal health insurance exchanges could put clients in a bind.
Susan Nash
Winston & Strawn LLP
Health chief says no decision on continuing ACA subsidies
HHS Secretary Tom Price said Sunday that “no decision’s been made” on whether to continue key ACA subsidies to health-insurance companies, but that the administration’s job is “to follow the law of the land.”
How the private exchange model has become more ‘refined’
First seen as a silver bullet to cut costs, employers now know the true value of the platform, Willis Towers Watson mid-market exchange head Rob Harkins says.
GOP’s ACA repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says
A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of the ACA without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under current law.
Republican health bill draft may be destined for a rewrite
The bill already has drawn two firm no votes leaving Mitch McConnell no margin for losing GOP support to get the 50 votes he needs as senators await a CBO analysis expected early next week.
Benefits Think Can the Trump administration fix health insurance?
Some GOP proposals, such as emphasis on HSAs and association health plans, could help put the industry on a more stable footing.
Eugene Sayan
Softheon
Benefits Think Can the Trump administration fix health insurance?
Some GOP proposals, such as emphasis on HSAs and association health plans, could help put the industry on a more stable footing.
Eugene Sayan
Softheon
Senators explore bipartisan ‘plan B’ to troubled GOP health bill
Talks about a bipartisan fallback are based on the idea that ACA insurance markets have problems and would need to be fixed if the healthcare bill dies.
