By Joe Touschner Though the Institute of Medicine, the administration, and many states spent more than a year developing the essential health benefits, the resulting approach was intended to be temporary. The “benchmark plan” method for choosing the EHBs initially applied to plan years 2014 and 2015, with a review of the approach promised for […]
Last Thursday, President Obama announced immigration reforms that will provide up to five million people with relief from deportation and work authorization. While the reforms will do much to alleviate the constant fear of separation that many immigrant families face, most people included in the reforms will not be eligible for federal health coverage affordability […]
Here’s something that most news stories on President Obama’s Executive Order probably are not touching on — protecting several million parents from deportation is likely to reduce the number of uninsured kids – the vast majority of them citizens. As child health experts, we have pointed out for years that reducing the number of uninsured […]
By Sophia Duong Earlier this week, Representative Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) introduced the Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act (H.R. 5723), a bill aimed at continuing the Medicaid primary care increase for 2015 and 2016. The primary care bump is set to expire at the end of this year. H.R. 5723 also […]
At yesterday’s National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) national meeting, the consumer representatives to the NAIC released a report on state approaches to regulating and monitoring the adequacy of health plan provider networks. The report, made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, summarizes the results of a survey sent […]
When enrollment reopens in the health insurance marketplaces in just a few days, the 7-8 million current enrollees will have an opportunity to make sure they get the right amount of financial assistance and are enrolled in a plan that best fits their needs for 2015. This new brief outlines the process for consumers in […]
