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Complimentary from the publishers of Health Insurance Marketplace News December, 2015

“Plans with narrow networks are a larger part of the insurance markets on Exchanges, both public and private, because the nature of Exchanges is much more suited to these products. Your typical plan has a “one size fits all” requirement, by which I mean that it has to be designed so that a large majority of employees need to be satisfied with the network. But Exchanges allow this requirement to be put aside, since consumers not finding some networks satisfactory can choose another product offered. Also, public subsidies and employer contributions to purchase coverage on an Exchange do not vary with the product chosen, so consumer incentives to choose a plan with a lower premium is not diluted.”
- Paul B. Ginsburg, PhD; Norman Topping Chair in Medicine and Public Policy, Sol Price School of Public Policy; Director of Public Policy, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California.

"Last year, more than 3,000 of Paychex’s clients expressed interest in offering individual Exchange options to their employees."

Excerpted from: Health Insurance Marketplace News, Volume 3, Issue 15, December Second Edition 2015, "Paychex Expands Private Exchange Offerings for Employers Nationwide"

Late rush before open enrollment deadline jams federal phone lines
USA Today, December 14, 2015

Running a State Health Insurance Marketplace
Harvard Business Review, December 15, 2015

California's 3 largest health insurers among few to show Obamacare profit in 2014
The Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2015

State Obamacare Exchanges ‘Sustainable’ Without Federal Aid, Official Tells Congress
Kaiser Health News, December 9, 2015

How Stable Are the ACA Marketplaces?
The Commonwealth Fund Blog, December 3, 2015

UnitedHealth CEO defends possible exit from public health insurance exchanges
Business Insurance, December 1, 2015

CMS Proposes Improvements for the 2017 Marketplace
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, November 20, 2015

Still Marked by Uncertainty: 2016 Health Insurance Marketplace
American Action Forum, November 19, 2015

This Month in Health Insurance Marketplace News

Thought Leaders' Corner: "Does the adequacy of narrow networks continue to be more of an issue in public or private Exchanges, compared to non-Exchange health plan offerings?"
Paychex Expands Private Exchange Offerings for Employers Nationwide
Booz Allen Awarded $202M Contract as CMS Marketplace System Integrator
Patient Cost-Sharing in Marketplace Plans, 2016

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