Under Pressure: An Update on Restrictive State Insurance Marketplace Consumer Assistance Laws

By Justin Giovanelli, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms To help consumers enroll in the recently opened health insurance marketplaces, the Affordable Care Act created outreach and consumer assistance positions such as “navigators,” in-person assisters, and certified application counselors. Though they are subject to uniform federal standards, in practice, these programs range widely from […]

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The Administration’s New Welcome Mat for Immigrants: “It’s Safe to Apply”

By Dinah Wiley In previous blogs, I’ve described the reluctance of immigrant families to enroll in Medicaid, CHIP, or marketplace insurance and subsidies.  The chief worry for a mixed-status household is whether a health insurance application will trigger immigration enforcement, resulting in “removal” (deportation) of a member of the family who would be separated from […]

Policy Cancellations – Another Tempest in a Teapot?

By Sabrina Corlette and Kevin Lucia, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms There’s been a lot of breathless journalism lately – with each day’s events apparently a referendum on the success – or failure – of the Affordable Care Act. One of the latest story lines involves people with individual health insurance policies receiving policy […]

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Finding Information on 2014 Premiums and Tax Credits

By Joe Touschner As the Administration continues to improve Healthcare.gov, families, consumer assisters, advocates, and others may be looking for other sources of information about what plans will be available through marketplaces in 2014 and what they will cost after taking premium tax credits into account.  Fortunately, there are some resources available from HHS and […]

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