The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report today which examines what would happen to the health insurance marketplace if the Trump Administration ended the cost-sharing reductions (CSRs). The CSR payments are payments made to the insurance companies to help offset out-of-pocket costs for lower income enrollees and have been the subject of an ongoing lawsuit […] Read More »
Archives for August 2017
New Kaiser Brief Looks at 2018 Marketplace
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the status of the upcoming marketplace for the 2018 plan year. The brief entitled “An Early Look at 2018 Premium Changes and Insurer Participation on ACA Exchanges” examines some of the preliminary filings done by insurers in 20 states plus the District of Columbia […] Read More »
New Navigator Training Available from CMS
CMS has released their new navigator certification training required for all navigators. The requirements for the certification training can be found in CMS’s Assister Certification Bulletin. The training itself is available through the CMS portal. Read More »
August 4, 2017
REMAINING THREATS TO THE ACA Note: the NDNRC Update will be taking a summer break through Labor Day weekend. You can check our website for regular news updates and we will resume the updates on Friday, September 8. Enjoy the rest of your summer! With the Senate’s failure to pass a repeal of the Affordable […] Read More »
Kaiser Briefs Examine Effects of Ending CSR Payments
With the Senate’s failure to pass a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), attention has been turned to other ways the ACA could be weakened by the Administration. One of the things that the Trump Administration could do which could destabilize the marketplace would be to withhold the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments which are […] Read More »
