Insights Column

State Advocates’ Agenda for Private Health Insurance in 2015

Around the country, health care advocates are developing advocacy agendas to ensure that private health insurance plans meet consumers’ needs. From addressing high costs for consumers to strengtheni...

King v. Burwell Puts Lives at Risk

The following was originally published on Alliance for Justice's "Justice Watch" blog. On March 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell. The plaintiffs in this case a...

King v. Burwell at the Supreme Court: Oral Arguments

This blog is part of a weekly series—one that analyzes the political, legal, and social issues and ramifications of King v. Burwell, a lawsuit before the Supreme Court that threatens to undermine t...

Six Ideas in GOP Plans to Replace the ACA That Will Erode Health Coverage

In recent weeks, Republicans have released several proposals for replacing the Affordable Care Act. Ranging from op-eds to white papers to full-fledged bills, these plans share many ideas in common f...

Budget Proposals Set the Stage for Cutting Access to Health Care. Again.

This week, leaders in Congress released their budget plans for FY 2016. The budget plans put forward by Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) and Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) (the Senate and House budget chairm...

Trending: Employer Wellness Programs Must Preserve Workers’ Nondiscrimination Rights

UPDATE (July 2015): Families USA submitted comments on the EEOC’s proposed rule concerning the ADA’s application to wellness programs. Among other concerns, Families USA expressed strong opposit...

A Nation Divided: Two Health Care Americas

America is on the cusp of becoming a nation with two health care systems. This sharp division is the result of continued resistance to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and it does greatest harm to resid...

A Special Mother’s Day Thanks to the ACA

Ruth Petran has celebrated Mother’s Day with her children for the past 33 years, but this Mother’s Day is special. Ruth says it’s the kind of Mother’s Day that wouldn’t have been possible wi...

Room for Premium Scrutiny? A Look at the Financial Health of Three Top Health Insurers

By May 15 (or June 5 in some states), health insurance companies throughout the country must submit their proposed monthly premium rates for 2016 to state and/or federal regulators for review. By June...

How Health Insurers and Policy Makers Can Lower Upfront Out-of-Pocket Costs

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, we’ve made tremendous progress in expanding access to affordable health insurance. However, the findings of our new report show that there is still work to be done...