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King v. Burwell – Much Ado About Nothing

June 25, 2015 by NDNRC

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

June 24, 2015 by NDNRC

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 »

RWJF Publishes Brief on Impact of Medicaid Expansion

June 18, 2015 by NDNRC

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

June 17, 2015 by NDNRC

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

June 16, 2015 by NDNRC

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 »

Kaiser Releases Analysis on Potential Impact of Supreme Court Case

June 11, 2015 by NDNRC

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

June 11, 2015 by NDNRC

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 »