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04.19.17

Support for CSR Payments Is Nearly Universal

HealthLeaders Magazine interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the impact that cutting cost-sharing reduction payments may have on insurers in the marketplace.There is nearly universal support for continuing the CSR payments among ...


04.10.17

Waivers Could Help States Combat Rising Health Costs

Axios quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about what to watch for from states now that the GOP’s health bill has stalled. Waivers could help states get federal funds to combat insurance rate increases.“I'd venture to say that half ...


03.31.17

Democrats, Republicans Both Predict Higher Health Plan Prices

The Oak Ridge Observer quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about what to expect in the aftermath of the Republican healthcare bill’s failure.“There will be higher prices, and likely some places that won't have qualified health ...


03.28.17

Healthcare Policy Vacuum Leaves Questions for Insurers

Morning Consult interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about how insurers are planning for the future of health law.With Republicans pulling their healthcare bill from the floor last week, insurers are left with questions about requirements for ...


03.28.17

Health Insurance Changes on Hold Until 2019

Hoyen TV interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the Trump administration’s attempt to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.Following the failure of the GOP’s plan to replace the ACA, Republican lawmakers may be looking for ...


03.25.17

Stabilizing Markets to Take Top Priority in ACA Repair

The Los Angeles Times interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about the future of the ACA under Republican leadership.The White House and GOP members of Congress risk a huge political backlash if they allow the healthcare law to come apart, ...


03.24.17

Without Benefit Requirements, Insurance Loses Value

Bloomberg interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Heath, for an article about the GOP’s plan for health benefits, including a plan to let states circumvent the Essential Health Benefits written into the Affordable Care Act.Without the benefit requirements, ...


02.23.17

Policy Extension Gives States Flexibility, Influences Risk Pool

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article about the Trump administration’s recent decision to allow an additional year for individual and small-group health plans to comply with the Affordable Care Act's coverage ...


02.15.17

Actuarial Proposals Could Provide Insight for Lawmakers

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article about actuaries’ proposals on how to transform the insurance market.The publication reports that five different reform proposals were recently chosen as finalists in a national ...


01.18.17

Congress Will Need Time to Construct ACA Replacement

InsuranceNewsNet quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article about the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report that stated 32 million Americans would have lost coverage and premiums would have doubled in less than ten years if Republicans had ...