Health Insurance Marketplace News
  Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News  December, 2014  
 
Milliman Insights: Dealing with King v. Burwell - Health Plan Issues Pre/Post Supreme Court
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  “... I believe reenrollment processes and consumer knowledge of these processes as well as financial impacts (new premium subsidies based on second-lowest-cost Silver plans and consumer income changes which could lead to tax penalties or refunds) will have a significant
impact on open enrollment this year. A second issue is the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the state versus federal Marketplace subsidy issue, which may confuse consumers regarding enrolling and/or empower opponents of the law to be more active in efforts to prevent/ discourage enrollment.”
- Cynthia C. Crone APRN, Deputy Commissioner, Arkansas Insurance Department
 
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"The average high-actuarial-value SADP [stand-alone dental plan] pediatric premium is $38.89, ranging from an average of $27.91 in Nebraska to $77.24 in Alaska. The average low-actuarial-value SADP pediatric premium is $30.98, ranging from an average of $23.32 in Nebraska to $52.93 in Alaska."

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 2, Issue 12, December 2014, "ADA Documents Examine Health Insurance Exchanges"

What's News
  Health Plan Choice and Premiums in the 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 4, 2014
 
     
  Exchange Plans Increase Costs of Specialty Drugs for Patients in 2015
Avalere Health, December 2, 2014
 
     
HealthCare.gov’s insurance marketplace for small businesses gets off to a slow start
The Washington Post, November 30, 2014
     
  Health insurance exchanges and your practice
Physicians Practice, November 19, 2014
 
 
Why Can't Employers Pay For Employees To Go To The Exchanges?
Health Insurance Exchange/Employee Benefit News, November 18, 2014
     
  A State-by-State Look at Marketplaces
U.S. News & World Report, November 18, 2014
 
 
  Analysis of 2015 Premium Changes in the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplaces
Kaiser Family Foundation, November 17, 2014
 
 
This Month in Health Insurance Marketplace News
 
  • Value for State-Based Exchanges to Adopt a Mobile Enrollment Strategy by Peter B. Nichol
  • ADA Documents Examine Health Insurance Exchanges
  • Leavitt Partners Examines Effect of Narrow Networks in Exchanges
  • Documents Detail ACA-Related Lawsuits
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "What trend or issue that wasn’t as material a year ago will have a significant impact on public exchange open enrollment?”
  • State Wrap-Up with briefs regarding New Mexico and Michigan
  • Industry News with briefs regarding PlanSource, Aon Hewitt, Towers Watson, and Radius GMR
  • Catching Up With... Christopher Condeluci

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