Health Reform & ACA Implementation

Issue Brief

Steps Toward a More Sustainable Individual Health Insurance Market

Health Practice Council issue brief examining ways in which the individual health insurance market can be strengthened and made more viable.

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Implications of Proposed Changes to the ACA in Response to King v. Burwell

Health Practice Council issue brief examining the approaches included in various proposals policymakers are considering in case the Supreme Court rules in King v. Burwell that federal premium…

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Potential Implications of the Small Group Definition Expanding to Employers with 51-100 Employees

Individual and Small Group Market Task Force issue brief examining how the rules applying to groups sized 51-100 will change with the Affordable Care Act’s scheduled expansion of the definition of…

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Drivers of 2015 Health Insurance Premium Changes (Updated)

Health Practice Council issue brief providing an overview of the factors underlying general premium rate setting and highlighting the major drivers behind why 2015 premiums could differ from those…

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Issue Brief – How Will Premiums Change Under the ACA

?Issue brief by Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello provides an overview of the basic concepts underlying premium calculations, and highlights and examines several Affordable Care Act-related…

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An Actuarial Perspective on Accountable Care Organizations (update)

Update of a June 2011 issue brief by the Health Care Quality Work Group highlighting a number of actuarial issues that should be considered when designing and implementing accountable care…

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Voter Guide – A Guide to Analyzing the Issues: Medicare Premium Support

e to help voters understand what premium support is and the potential implications of shifting Medicare to a premium support program.

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Decision Brief: Implications of Medicaid Expansion Decisions on Private Coverage

Decision brief highlighting some of the issues that federal and state policymakers and regulators should consider as they are making their Medicaid expansion decisions.

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Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents On The Severability Issue – Pending Challenge to the ACA

The brief addresses a very narrow aspect of the case before the court—the severability of the individual mandate from the other market reform provisions, namely guaranteed issue and modified…

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Actuarial Value under the Affordable Care Act

Actuarial Value Subgroup issue brief offering an overview of the concept of actuarial value, and insight into the calculation of actuarial value under the Affordable Care Act.