KING V. BURWELL – MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in King v. Burwell and in a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that the subsidies available to consumers in the federally facilitated marketplaces (FFMs) were allowable under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To read our blog post with […] Read More »
Archives for June 2015
King v. Burwell – Much Ado About Nothing
This morning, the Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in King v. Burwell and in a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that the subsidies available to consumers in the federally facilitated marketplaces (FFMs) were allowable under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts found that the ACA makes it […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for April 2015
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from April 2015. To read the report from CMS, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Read More »
June 19, 2015
KING DECISION IS APPROACHING The Supreme Court is set to release its opinion in King v. Burwell and the NDNRC is continuing to add more information about the potential fallout of that decision. Last week, we reported on an analysis which was done on the potential impact of King (click here for last week’s news […] Read More »
RWJF Publishes Brief on Impact of Medicaid Expansion
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has released a brief through it’s State Health Reform Assistance Network program on the effect of Medicaid expansion on the costs for uncompensated care. The brief entitled “The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Uncompensated Care Costs: Early Results and Policy Implications for States” looks at nine states which expanded Medicaid […] Read More »
State By State Breakdown of Potential Impact of King Decision
Previously, we reported on analysis done on the potential impact of the King v. Burwell case (click here for last week’s news item). Now Families USA has begun to release state-by-state breakdowns of how consumers would be affected and even gives the breakdown by Congressional district. So far they have released information on the following states: […] Read More »
HHS Releases New Rules on Plan Transparency
At the end of last week, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released new rules on plan transparency for qualified health plans offered through the exchanges. These rules affect the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) which are available for each plan offered on the exchange. The SBC is important as it is the […] Read More »
June 12, 2015
NEW KAISER ANALYSIS SHEDS LIGHT ON POTENTIAL IMPACT OF KING If you’ve been following the King v. Burwell case, you’ll want to be sure to check out the new analysis done by the Kaiser Family Foundation on the potential impact of a ruling by the Supreme Court in favor of the challengers. Check out our […] Read More »
Kaiser Releases Analysis on Potential Impact of Supreme Court Case
As the end of June approaches, so does the Supreme Court’s decision in the highly anticipated King v. Burwell case. For those who don’t know, the King case will determine whether consumers in the federally facilitated marketplaces (FFM) can receive tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. It is a technical argument being made by the […] Read More »
The Commonwealth Fund Releases Report on ACA & Medicare
While most of the recent focus on ACA implementation has been on the Marketplaces and getting coverage for those who were previously uninsured, the Affordable Care Act was also meant to strengthen the Medicare program. A new report from the Commonwealth Fund looks at how that effort is going and what still needs to be done. “The […] Read More »