We are at a major crossroads in U.S. health policy. The direction for American health care in 2021 and beyond will depend in large part on events that are unfolding now, and that will come to fruition in the first half of...more
A federal judge has ruled that health insurers under the Affordable Care Act are entitled to unpaid cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments from the government. Insurers sued following the Trump administration’s October 2017...more
A federal district court in Fort Worth, Texas struck down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) last Friday in a ruling that’s prompting questions about whether its legal reasoning will withstand further scrutiny, and whether...more
On October 12, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would immediately stop making cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy payments under Section 1402 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). CSRs allowed — and in fact...more
On November 13, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its Risk Corridors payment and charge amounts for the 2016 benefit year. This event is significant in that it both acknowledges and quantifies...more
On October 25, 2017, in the case State of California v. Trump, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied a motion brought by 17 states seeking to order the Trump administration to resume...more
On October 12, 2017, the Trump administration announced that it will immediately stop making cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidy payments, which allow health insurers to defray out-of-pocket costs to insure low-income...more
Amid assertions that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be allowed to fail, the Trump administration has indicated that it may stop paying subsidies that are central to ACA markets. At the core of these subsidies are...more