2017

Louisiana Deductibles Skyrocket under the Senate Bill to “Repeal and Replace” the Affordable Care Act

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) complain about high deductibles, but the Senate health care repeal bill would dramatically increase deductibles, rather than lower them. In Louisiana, 149...

Arkansas Deductibles Skyrocket under the Senate Bill to “Repeal and Replace” the Affordable Care Act

Alaska Deductibles Skyrocket under the Senate Bill to “Repeal and Replace” the Affordable Care Act

Arizona Deductibles Skyrocket under the Senate Bill to “Repeal and Replace” the Affordable Care Act

Senator Cruz’s Death Spiral Amendment

Senator Ted Cruz has been openly touting a proposal to amend the Senate’s health bill by allowing health plans to market cheap, narrow-coverage plans—that is, junk health insurance policies—as l...

The Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate Helps Make Health Insurance Affordable and Available

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual-coverage requirement—often called the "individual mandate"—makes it possible to ban health insurance companies from discriminating against people with ...

How to Counter Trump Administration Cuts to Marketplace Enrollment Funding

Yesterday, the Trump administration announced drastic funding cuts for outreach and enrollment. This deliberate effort to sabotage the health care law follows previous efforts to reduce marketpla...

Talking Points: The American Health Care Act

The American Health Care Act would strip affordable coverage from working people, leaving millions uninsured and millions more facing drastically higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs. It would retu...

1115 Waiver Transparency Requirements and Developing a Waiver Advocacy Strategy

Section 1115 of the Social Security Act allows the Secretary of Health and Human services to waive certain Medicaid requirements to give states the flexibility to test new benefit designs and new app...

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...