In The News

02.16.18

Transitional Health Plans Continue in Idaho

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Modern Healthcare for an article examining transitional health plans in the state of Idaho.The publication noted that transitional health plans are permitted by many states, including Idaho, as long as they were in ...


02.01.18

Idaho’s State Executive Order Violates ACA

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Inside CMS for an article on the Idaho insurance chief’s defense of the state’s executive order on non-Affordable Care Act plans.The publication noted that Governor Butch Otter’s recent executive ...


01.29.18

New Healthcare Tactics Could Increase Medicaid Enrollment

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by the Huffington Post for an article on how states are trying to combat changes to federal healthcare legislation. According to the publication, residents of Charlottesville, VA, who buy health insurance without employer ...


01.10.18

Individual Mandate Repeal Brings Health Exchanges to Crossroads

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Inside Health Policy for an article on the crossroads that healthcare exchanges may face in 2018.   Among these crossroads, the publication noted, is the upcoming disappearance of the individual mandate. While ...


12.18.17

Individual Mandate Repeal Puts Pressure on Insurers

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article examining how the new GOP tax proposal could impact health insurers. The publication explained that the proposal would cut the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that individuals who do ...


11.29.17

Short-Term Health Plans Fall Short of ACA Standards

NBC News quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, in an article discussing the limitations of non-Affordable Care Act–compliant short-term health insurance plans. An Obama administration rule limited short-term health plan coverage to three months, the ...


11.20.17

New Report Disputes CBO’s Analysis of ACA Mandate Repeal

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was quoted by Inside Health Policy for an article on a new report by S&P Global that weighs the impact of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate repeal. According to the publication, S&P Global found that the ...


11.11.17

ACA Open Enrollment Sees 600K Signups in First Week

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, spoke to Philly.com about the surge in Affordable Care Act signups in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and across the country. The publication noted that more than 600,000 people nationally have selected insurance plans in the first week of ...


11.06.17

Short-Term Plans Could Lead to Multiple Risk Pools

Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, was interviewed by Inside Health Policy for an article on how President Donald Trump’s executive order to expand availability of short-term health insurance plans could impact the sale of supplemental plans. Experts have ...


10.23.17

New ACA Legislative Requests Could Signal Doubt

In a Law360 article, Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, commented on the administration’s new requests for legislative changes to the Affordable Care Act.   The requests outline the White House’s preferences for bipartisan legislation, which is ...