Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) will start on Wednesday, November 1. The dates for open enrollment this year are different than they were in prior years as OE5 will end on December 15, 2017. These dates apply for marketplaces on the federally facilitated exchange (healthcare.gov). Some states who are running their own state-based marketplace will […] Read More »
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 »
Kaiser Analyzes 2017 Premiums
A new issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation analyzes the 2017 premiums for the lowest-cost silver plan in 14 cities where the information is available to conduct such an analysis.The states represented by those cities are Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and […] Read More »
December 11, 2015
SLIDES AVAILABLE FOR NDNRC/CMS ASSISTERS WEBINAR Last week, we presented on the CMS Assisters webinar. This presentation included a general overview of the resources available through the NDNRC and our newest “Health Insurance Jeopardy” round which focused on the population specific fact sheets we released last year. To view the archived webinar or access the […] Read More »
Toolkit Available to Help Enroll Justice Population
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has released a toolkit to show what states are doing to enroll individuals being released from the justice system. Specifically, they look at Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington & Wisconsin. To access the NASHP toolkit, click here. Read More »
New Report Addresses Enrollment of Diverse Populations
The Texas Health Institute has released a report on the efforts in some states to enroll racially and ethnically diverse populations. “Evolution of Health Insurance Marketplaces: Experiences and Progress in Reaching and Enrolling Diverse Populations” looks at eleven states and what efforts were made to reach these populations in the first two years open enrollment […] Read More »
New Report Available on Colorado Provider Networks
The Colorado Health Institute has released a report entitled “Narrow Networks in Colorado: Balancing Access and Affordability.” This report looks at a growing trend where insurance carriers offer narrower provider networks as a way to contain costs. The upside is lower premiums, but the downside is reduced access which can raise the issue of a lack of […] 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 Benchmark Plans & EHBs
In previous news items, we had reported on state benchmark plans and essential health benefits (EHBs). In April, we wrote about the report CMS did on the three largest small group products by state, and in May, we wrote about the brief that the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) published on EHBs and prescription drugs. More recently, we […] Read More »
What State Marketplaces are Doing with Tax Penalty SEPs
Last Friday, CMS announced that there would be a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for anyone who has to pay the “shared financial responsibility payment” also known as the tax penalty. Individuals who have to pay the penalty for not having coverage in 2014 and who do not have coverage for 2015 and attest that they didn’t […] Read More »
