Taxes in Healthcare

Stable Health Insurance Markets: Maintenance and Alternative Methods

2017-09-19T18:41:51-04:00By |Health Insurance, Health Insurance Exchange, Taxes|

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) issued a report which examines possible alternatives to the individual mandate for health insurance coverage brought about by the Affordable Care Act and evaluates their cost and efficacy. It suggests that if the individual mandate were to be repealed, a mixture of alternative mechanisms would be required to serve a similar role in maintaining a healthy risk pool in the individual stable health insurance market.

Insurance Markets Stabilization: Bipartisan Proposal From Governors

2017-09-05T18:02:22-04:00By |Health Care Reform, Managed Care, Medicare and Medicaid, Taxes|

The governors John Kasich of Ohio, John Hickenlooper of Colorado, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, Bill Walker of Alaska, Terence R. McAuliffe of Virginia, John Bel Edwards of Louisiana, and Steve Bullock of Montana sent a letter to the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate asking them to take immediate steps to restore insurance markets stabilization structures. The letter was sent ahead of the testimony governors are expected to offer to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on September 7.

Go to Top