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08.18.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, August 18, 2015

Ohio’s Medicaid expenditures came in $2 billion below estimates despite enrollment growth after Medicaid expansion; California extends full Medicaid benefits to more pregnant women; and nearly one million have enrolled in HealthCare.gov through Special Enrollment Periods since mid-February.


08.13.15

Manatt on Medicaid: Impact of Obergefell v. Hodges on Healthcare Coverage for Same-Sex Couples

In a 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges released on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court held that same-sex marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, expanding the right to gay marriage to the remaining 13 states that had not previously allowed ...


08.11.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, August 11, 2015

Reductions in uninsured rates are greatest in states with Medicaid expansions and State-based or State Partnership Marketplaces; Kentucky finds increased use of preventive healthcare following Medicaid expansion; and, Delaware maintains its State Partnership Marketplace model post-King v. Burwell.


08.04.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, August 4, 2015

Increased plan choice on HealthCare.gov is linked to lower premium growth; Arizona seeks changes to Medicaid expansion; and California and New York release detailed Marketplace and Medicaid enrollment reports.


07.28.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, July 28, 2015

CMS offers a special enrollment period for HealthCare.gov enrollees whose incomes were miscalculated due to system error; California Marketplace announces two new insurers; and Connecticut’s budget reduces eligibility levels for Medicaid parents.


07.22.15

Strategies for Supporting Informed Consumer Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace

Roughly 16.4 million people have gained health coverage in the five years since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and more than 11 million people signed up for marketplace plans during the second open enrollment period alone.1,2


07.21.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, July 21, 2015

In quick succession, governors in Alaska and Utah announce Medicaid expansions this week; Iowa is transitioning its expansion away from the Marketplace to Medicaid managed care, for now; and, HHS extends its exception to Medicaid cost allocation rules for human services programs.


07.14.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, July 14, 2015

Montana’s Medicaid expansion waiver seeks monthly premiums and a “third party administrator”; Rhode Island’s Medicaid working group recommends pursuing a DSRIP waiver; and Utah’s Medicaid expansion discussions are put on hold until 2016.


07.07.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, July 7, 2015

Ohio passes a budget mandating that the State request a waiver to implement Medicaid Health Savings Accounts; in Nevada, Marketplace enrollees who experienced technical difficulty obtaining coverage are eligible for a tax-penalty exemption; and a national report finds modest increases in 2016 ...


06.30.15

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights, June 30, 2015

Topping the news, last week's King v. Burwell ruling preserved subsidies for the 6.7 million people receiving them through the federal marketplace.