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May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States are allowed under the Affordable Care Act to customize their own health insurance plans to meet a required 10 categories of “essential health benefits.” While states like the flexible approach, patient advocates prefer a national standard.
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
To lessen the damage done by churning, it will be important for states to provide consumers with intensive assistance to help them navigate through the involuntary coverage transitions.
September 1, 2012 | Report
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, developed as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation - Monitoring and Tracking Series, examines how 10 featured states have approached implementation of the ACA’s early insurance market ...
September 1, 2012 | Report
This report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report, prepared as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking Series, examines how insurance competition within exchanges is likely to play out in 10 featured sta ...
September 1, 2012 | Report
A report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, compiled as part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking Series, examines the status of rate review in 10 featured states. Implemented in August 2010, rate review is ...
September 1, 2012 | Report
This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, part of its Affordable Care Act (ACA) Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking Series, examines the status of health insurance exchange development and design choices in 10 featured states. Under ...
May 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service examine the implications of geographic rating, the practice of adjusting insurance premiums to reflect regional differences in the cost of health care, on risk pooling and insurance premiums.
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
There is little question that the ACA will improve the nongroup and small group insurance markets for everyone in them, including the high-risk population. Yet insurance market reforms, guided by requirements for EHBs, AVs, and other tools provided by the ACA, are and will remain a work in progress.
July 1, 2012 | Report
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April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The State Network summarizes key provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) final rule, which represents the most significant guidance to date on Health Insurance Exchanges operation, setting forth minimum standards.