Expert analysis of health reform issues
Domestic partner health insurance: a coverage option for unmarried couples
June 20, 2024 – If you’re in a relationship deemed a domestic partnership, access to your domestic partner’s health insurance, or their access to…
Finalized federal rule reduces total duration of short-term health plans to 4 months
June 6, 2024 – A finalized federal rule will impose new nationwide duration limits on short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans. The rule…
What consumers need to know about unauthorized Marketplace plan changes
May 20, 2024 – In recent weeks, we’ve seen news reports of Marketplace enrollees’ coverage being switched without their knowledge. Here's what…
Enrollment in 2024 Marketplace health plans during open enrollment reaches record high
April 30, 2024 – During the open enrollment period for 2024 health coverage, more than 21.4 million people enrolled in private qualified health plans (QHPs)…
Health insurance for the unemployed
April 26, 2024 – When it comes to obtaining health insurance for the self employed, consumers have several coverage options to consider, including ACA…
Six ways federal rule changes might affect Marketplace enrollees
April 23, 2024 – Federal health insurance rule changes that take effect for coverage in 2025 (and beyond) could affect Marketplace enrollment, essential…
Where Medicaid unwinding and disenrollments stand at the one-year mark
April 22, 2024 – Here’s a look at what’s been happening with disenrollments that resulted from Medicaid unwinding – and also a look at the…
6 lessons Mary Lou Retton’s health scare can teach us about coverage
January 23, 2024 – Mary Lou Retton’s health scare story included some important lessons for consumers, many of whom may assume that the celebrity’s health…
HMO vs PPO vs POS vs EPO: What’s the difference?
January 3, 2024 – The type of managed care your health plan falls under affects your healthcare costs and plan benefits – including access to medical…
Over 9 million Medicaid beneficiaries disenrolled as redeterminations continue
October 25, 2023 – Seven months after states received authorization to start Medicaid redeterminations, the process is proceeding mostly as expected, with…
50 populations whose lives are better thanks to the ACA
September 21, 2023 – Millions of Americans would have worse health insurance – or none at all – without Obamacare's provisions. But the law's protections…
How Friday Health Plans insolvency will affect policyholders in five states
July 18, 2023 – Friday Health Plans, which offers coverage in five states, is winding down its business operations. And in at least four of those states,…