The first of numerous federal policies that reverse recent coverage gains under the the Affordable Care Act are scheduled to go into effect on August 25, but two lawsuits have been filed to block them. CHIR's Sabrina Corlette reviews the imminent policy changes, their impact, and the legal challenges to watch.| CHIRblog
As state policymakers grapple with rising commercial health care prices, they showed a growing interest during 2025 legislative sessions in leveraging ownership transparency as a tool to understand health care markets, strengthen oversight efforts, and inform consumers. Stacey Pogue discusses what s| CHIRblog
New federal rules attempt to curtail insurance coverage of treatment for gender dysphoria. In her latest expert perspective for the State Health & Value Strategies project, Sabrina Corlette shares key considerations for the state officials charged with implementing the new restrictions.| CHIRblog
The recently enacted federal budget law is set to significantly roll back health insurance coverage for millions. CHIR experts Billy Dering, Amy Killelea and Christine Monahan discuss what this means for people with insulin-requiring diabetes.| CHIRblog
The 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters gave states the flexibility to require adult dental coverage beginning in plan year 2027. CHIR experts discuss Kentucky's decision to not add adult dental services as an essential health benefit and what recent federal law changes may mean for states considering coverage changes.| CHIRblog
President Trump recently signed into law some of the most dramatic changes to our healthcare system since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted in 2010. CHIR’s Leila Sullivan provides a roundup of recent research projecting what the new law means for coverage, affordability, and uncompensated care.| CHIRblog
With the recent signing of H.R. 1, many may be wondering what this means for their Medicaid and Marketplace plans. CHIR's Sabrina Corlette and CCF's Edwin Park break it down in this reader-friendly Explainer.| CHIRblog
In May, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury announced several actions to enhance health care price transparency. In her latest piece for Health Affairs Forefront, Stacey Pogue discusses how these actions mark the start of a process to make hospital and health plan p| CHIRblog
As the federal budget reconciliation process heats up, Congressional committees will soon be drafting legislation that spells out the program cuts Congress will need to offset the cost of extending existing tax cuts. CHIR's Karen Davenport discusses the growing body of research around the important| CHIRblog
We are delighted to welcome two new faculty members: Madison Harden and Abigail Knapp.| CHIRblog
IDR entities have come to play an instrumental role in OON payments, but entities’ determinations and decision-making practices lack transparency. In their latest piece for Health Affairs Forefront, Kennah Watts and Jack Hoadley analyze variation IDR entities’ decision-making patterns and discuss the implications for the IDR process.| CHIRblog
President Trump's signature on H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill, will lead to upwards of 17 million people losing their health insurance and millions more with higher barriers to accessing care. At CHIR, we'll be working to minimize the law's harms, document its effects, and partner with those| CHIRblog
In May, we welcomed spring blooms and warm weather, while staying engaged with the latest health policy research. This month we read about potential effects of the reconciliation bill on provider revenue and uncompensated care, Rhode Island’s affordability standards and their effects on hospital pri| CHIRblog
The proposed Marketplace Integrity rule and House-passed budget bill purportedly aim to curb ACA fraud but overlook basic steps to address broker misconduct. CHIR experts explain how these policies increase barriers for eligible enrollees without improving oversight of unethical brokers or implement| CHIRblog
While the health plan price transparency data available under current guidance and enforcement have proven challenging to access and use, a renewed focus under the Trump administration aims to improve Transparency in Coverage (TiC) data. In this blog, CHIR experts Stacey Pogue and Nadia Stovicek pre| CHIRblog
An obscure provision in the U.S. House reconciliation bill could have major consequences for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. In a guest post for CHIRblog, the Urban Institute's Jason Levitis and Brookings' Visiting Fellow Christen Linke-Young dig into how this provision could radically change| CHIRblog
Since the snow shows no sign of stopping, we might as well stay cozy inside and read up on the latest health policy research from January! This month we read about patient care after private equity acquisition of hospitals, and how to improve risk-adjustment accuracy in Medicare Advantage.| CHIRblog
Like other employer health plans across the commercial insurance market, state employee health plans (SEHPs) regularly face significant increases in health care costs. A new piece by CHIR faculty for Health Affairs explores how SEHPs’ use of provider-based reference pricing to constrain cost growth| CHIRblog
Right before an early executive order signaling the Trump Administration's interest in reducing access to health coverage, House Budget Committee leadership shared a wish-list of spending cuts that will severely damage health insurance affordability for marketplace enrollees. CHIR's Karen Davenport| CHIRblog
The Biden administration has advanced several pro-competition reforms aimed at lowering health care costs and increasing consumer choice, an area of potential alignment with the incoming Trump administration. CHIR’s Kennah Watts discusses competition as a bipartisan policy and what the incoming Trum| CHIRblog
In response to widespread concerns about the impact of medical debt, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule in June 2024 aimed at limiting the influence of medical debt on credit reports and preventing certain debt collection practices. Despite recent changes by credit agenc| CHIRblog
Health insurers use of prior authorization appears to be on the rise. A recent report by CHIR researchers examines four states' prior authorization policies for the commercial market to identify potential reform strategies to ease provider burden and improve patient access without also increasing in| CHIRblog
Two national health insurers recently discussed their plans to invest in "ICHRAs," tax advantaged accounts that workers use to purchase individual market health insurance. CHIR's Hanan Rakine explores what a greater use of ICHRAs could mean for workers, and for the stability of insurance markets.| CHIRblog
