Health Reform & ACA Implementation

Issue Brief

Ensuring Access, Affordability, Choice, and Competition in the Individual Health Insurance Market

An issue brief from the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, Ensuring Access, Affordability, Choice, and Competition in the Individual Health Insurance Market, provides an overview of how…

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Drivers of 2025 Health Insurance Premium Changes

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee released an issue brief, Drivers of 2025 Health Insurance Premium Changes. The brief provides more details on the factors that are likely to drive…

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Drivers of 2024 Health Insurance Premium Changes

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee released its annual issue brief laying out the factors underlying premium rate setting and highlighting the major components driving premium changes…

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Health Equity From An Actuarial Perspective: A Deeper Dive Into Health Plan Pricing

This discussion brief, which focuses on questions related to pricing health insurance products, is part of a series to identify areas that may affect health equity. An introductory discussion brief…

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Drivers of 2021 Health Insurance Premium Changes: The Effects of COVID-19

Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue brief outlining the major factors driving premium changes for the next plan year.  This year’s issue brief focuses primarily on the impact of…

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Issue Brief on Health Risk Mitigation

The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief that examines the different types of risks that insurers can face and the various risk mitigation mechanisms that can be used to address them,…

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FAQs on COVID-19 and Its Effects on Health Spending and Health Insurance

Health Practice Council answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on COVID-19’s potential effects on health care spending and the health insurance system.

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Surprise Medical Bills: An Overview of the Problem and Approaches to Address It

Health Practice Council issue brief providing an overview of the surprise-billing problem and provides insights on approaches to address it.

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Drivers of 2020 Health Insurance Premium Changes

Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue brief outlines the major drivers behind why 2020 premiums could differ from those in 2019. The brief focuses primarily on the individual market, yet…

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Cost-Sharing Reductions: What Are They and Why Do They Need to Be Funded

?Health Practice Council paper on what cost-sharing reductions are and why they need to be funded.