Report

The Trump Administration Marketplace Rule—and How States Can Respond

In April 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule creating sweeping changes to health insurance marketplaces. Many of these changes could make it more difficult or more...

Worry No More: Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Are Protected by the Health Care Law

The Affordable Care Act protects all Americans from being denied health insurance, charged more in premiums, or sold a policy that excludes coverage for necessary treatments based on pre-existing cond...

Designing the Essential Health Benefits for Your State: An Advocate’s Guide

The Affordable Care Act requires all health plans to cover a minimum set of benefits, known as essential health benefits. Although the law establishes 10 broad categories of minimum services, each sta...

Creating Consumer-Friendly Wellness Programs to Promote Healthy Lifestyles

Wellness programs can be a powerful tool to help individuals improve their health and reduce their risk of developing chronic conditions. These programs encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors, li...

When a Health Insurer Leaves the Individual Market: What States Can Do before Certain Affordable Care Act Changes Take Effect in 2014

Before the Affordable Care Act goes into full effect in 2014, consumers who buy health insurance on their own are at risk of losing their coverage if a health insurer decides to stop selling individua...

Decoding Your Health Insurance: The New Summary of Benefits and Coverage

Consumers need clear information on their health insurance, but what insurance companies provide is often hard to understand. The Affordable Care Act now requires insurers to give consumers concise, s...

Good Business Sense: The Small Business Tax Credit in the Affordable Care Act

Small businesses are less likely than big business to offer health insurance to their workers. To help fix this problem, the Affordable Care Act offers a new tax credit to small business owners who pr...

Implementing Accountable Care Organizations

Accountable Care Organizations are groups of health care providers that agree to be held accountable for improving patient health while lowering health care costs. Providers in ACOs have financial inc...

Simplifying Enrollment and Eligibility with Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)

The Affordable Care Act simplifies and streamlines eligibility for health care programs. By changing the method for determining whether someone can get Medicaid or CHIP (the Children’s Health Insura...

The Bottom Line: How the Affordable Care Act Helps America’s Families

The Affordable Care Act will help families by helping them pay their health insurance premiums and by giving them new, affordable health coverage options. Get state-level data on the financial bene...