NEW REPORTS AVAILABLE ON STATE ENROLLMENT EXPERIENCES Note: the NDNRC Weekly Update will be taking a summer break for the month of August. You can check our website for regular news updates and we will resume the updates the first Friday in September. Enjoy the rest of your summer! The National Academy for State Health […] Read More »

NATIONAL HEALTH COUNCIL RELEASES STATE REPORT CARDS The National Health Council (NHC) has released state report cards for all 50 states plus DC on how well the state is doing in protecting consumers purchasing insurance on the exchanges. In addition to the report cards, NHC also wrote a full report entitled “Enhancing the Patient-Centeredness of […] Read More »

HEALTH INSURANCE JEOPARDY IS ON YOUTUBE! As we told you last week, our well received presentation “Health Insurance Jeopardy” has come to YouTube! Last week, we highlighted the three videos we had added on topics such as prescription drugs, medical devices and rehabilitation and habilitation benefits. This week, the final three videos were released and […] Read More »

MORE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS Are you a numbers geek looking for information on who enrolled and what they picked in the second year of open enrollment? Well, CMS has released a bunch of new data related to Open Enrollment Year 2. The new data breaks down enrollment numbers by county and is sorted in numerous ways […] Read More »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA & THE ADA!! With the holiday weekend, we are releasing our weekly update a day early. Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!! Also as America celebrates its 239th birthday this weekend, we also want to bring to your attention another big anniversary this month. This month marks the 25th anniversary […] Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

STATE BENCHMARK PLANS & ENROLLMENT STATISTICS If you’re looking for more information on the various state benchmark plans and the essential health benefits (EHBs) in each state, be sure to check out this week’s blog post which addresses what some of the states are already doing and/or considering. In some instances, there is still time […] Read More »

NDNRC AT THE AIRS CONFERENCE This week, the NDNRC is at the Alliance of Information & Referral Systems (AIRS) Conference in Dallas, TX. If you are at the conference, you’ll want to check out our presentation today entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy in Year 2 of Open Enrollment: Double Jeopardy.” For anyone who has seen our […] Read More »