Tuesday, March 31, 2020

CARES Act may reduce ACA "coverage gap" in states that refused Medicaid expansion

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. You'll get 2-3 posts per week, mostly re ACA. The enhanced unemployment benefits pr...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Enhanced unemployment benefit will skew ACA marketplace/Medicaid enrollment

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The enhanced unemployment benefits provided in the CARES Act , the massive COVID-19 response bill that passed the Senate 96-0 last night, l...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Unemployed alert: When NOT to seek health insurance through the ACA marketplace

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. You'll get 2-3 posts per week, mostly re ACA. The expected economic fallout from t...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

The ACA marketplace in year 7: The navigators' view

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. You'll get 2-3 posts per week, mostly re ACA. The Affordable Care Act's health ...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Emergency Special Enrollment Periods in 12 state ACA marketplaces: How easy?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. Update, 4/7/20: Early emergency SEP data collected by Charles Gaba indicates that stat...
Friday, March 20, 2020

The ACA as recession insurance, revisited

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. Almost a year ago, I noted that the ACA marketplace has never operated in a shrinking e...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The ACA wars through a pandemic lens: Nicholas Bagley looks back

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. I spoke to Nicholas Bagley, health law professor at the University of Michigan, about m...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Limit Americans' out-of-pocket exposure for Coronavirus treatment

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right. The bill passed by the House yesterday to ease the economic impact of the coronavirus p...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

How about a national reporter hotline for Coronavirus balance billing?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right It's been a running joke on healthcare Twitter for some time that Americans' bes...
Monday, March 09, 2020

Coronavirus alert: How about an emergency Special Enrollment Period for the ACA marketplace?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right Update, 3/12: As noted in the updates at bottom, as of now five state-based marketplaces...
Friday, March 06, 2020

Employer-sponsored insurance is deteriorating. What about fixing it rather than replacing it?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right ---> Medicare for All's main political liability, as the presidential campaign ha...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2020

The ACA at 10: The navigators' tale (preview)

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right ---> As the tenth anniversary of the ACA's passage approaches, Health Affairs is ...
Tuesday, March 03, 2020

The ACA at 10: Resilient, yes, but...

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right ---> To mark the ACA's tenth anniversary, Sabrina Corlette, Linda Blumberg and Ke...
Saturday, February 29, 2020

Will Americans' fear of high medical bills hinder Coronavirus containment?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) On Wedne...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

The card spells MOOP: Will Covid-19 expose Americans to financial risk?

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right (requires only an email address; you'll get 2-3 emails per week on average) The Miam...
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

The one executable healthcare reform plan put forward by a presidential candidate

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid  via box at right If I may cannibalize my Twitter thread, a reaction to last night's debate in f our tweet...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Six years later: Some stuff we've learned (or think we've learned) about the ACA marketplace

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid via box at right The ACA marketplace is in its seventh year -- not a baby any more. I was just musing about...
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Monday, February 17, 2020

Bronze plans are terrible. Bronze plans are often the best choice.

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Subscribe to xpostfactoid   via box at top right In discussion of the ACA marketplace (and health insurance generally), deductibles are o...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

But love grows old and waxes cold: #HealthPolicyValentines 2020

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A healthy Valentine's Day to all! As the rule of law in the U.S. erodes, and the Trump administration comes up with ever new ways to re...

States seeking to reduce their uninsured populations must beware a Catch-22

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By David M. Anderson , Charles Gaba , Louise Norris and Andrew Sprung Note: this post is the third joint effort by David, Charles, Louis...
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