This week a large amount of analysis on how the Affordable Care Act, insurance rates and private insurance faired during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Also, due to increased enrollment during the special enrollment period and the need for health insurance spurred by pandemic-related job loss has encouraged insurance giant...White Papers, E books, Reports and more
Unlike previous issue briefs from the American Academy of Actuaries, this year’s issue brief focuses primarily on the impact of COVID-19 on the 2021 premium rate filings.
As insurers complete their 2021 individual and small group health insurance premium rate filings they are taking into account issues surrounding the COVID-19...News
This March issue paper by the American Academy of Actuaries gets detailed discussing a number of popular options for expanding the country's access to health insurance including the offer of a public option on the ACA marketplace, Medicare & Medicaid buy-in and Medicare for All.
The issue paper discusses major and design...
HR 2 is "To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes."
It is common for Congress to bury many topics in a "Must Pass" bill. In the 644 page Farm Bill there are items to change the elements of the Affordable Care...
The new rules could make it easier for small businesses to band together and create health insurance plans that would be exempt from many of the consumer protections mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
The move permits "association health plans". The Labor Department said:
By joining together employers may reduce administrative...National News
AAA says repealing the mandate could raise premiums, cause insurers to become insolvent or leave the market altogether. The American Academy of Actuaries, whose tagline is Objective. Independent. Effective. wrote a letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate majority leader and Chuck Schumer, Senate minority leader, to share the potential adverse...National News
After evaluating the U.S. Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the group recommends that for stability and sustainability of the individual market, legislators should focus their efforts on funding CSRs, enforcing the individual mandate and increasing funding for premium subsidies for high-cost enrollees.
With legislation of...