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Health Reform Implementation - Exchange Coverage and Tax Credits

Families without health coverage who are not eligible for public programs will be able to shop and buy affordable insurance through state-based Exchanges.

CCF Resources

• CCF Comments to IOM Question on Essential Benefits
  
  
• Health Insurance Exchanges: New Coverage Options for Children and Families

• CCF Comments to NAIC on Exchange Coordination with Medicaid and CHIP

• The New Responsibility to Secure Coverage: Frequently Asked Questions

• Implementing Health Care Reform: Key Questions for States

Implementation Activities

• Verification of Access to Employer-Sponsored Coverage Bulletin, April 26, 2012
  
  
• HHS Informational Bulletin on Essential Health Benefits
  Fact Sheet on Essential Health Benefits
  The Secretary's Letter to Governors
  
  
• HHS Announces Early Innovator Grants to Seven States
  Fact Sheet on Early Innovator Grants
  
  
• Republican Governors' Letter to Secretary Sebelius on Exchange Flexibility, February 7, 2011
HHS Memo on Flexibility in State-Run Exchanges, February 10, 2011
HHS Letter to Governors, February 24, 2011

• HHS Announces New Resources to Help States Implement Affordable Care Act (HTML)
  
  
• HHS Letter to States on Federal Support and Standards for Medicaid and Exchange Information Technology Systems, November 3, 2010.
  
  
• Guidance for Exchange and Medicaid Information Technology (IT) Systems
  
  
• HHS Announces New Competitive "Early Innovator" Grants for States that Lead the Race to Develop IT Systems for State Exchanges (HTML)
  
  
• Forty-Eight States Receive New Resources to Build Competitive Health Insurance Marketplaces (HTML)
  
  
• State Planning and Establishment Grants for the Affordable Care Act's Exchanges (HTML)

• Gathering Insurance Information - Health Insurance Web Portal (HTML)

Guidance/Regulations

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