Consumer Assistance in Health Reform
With the open enrollment period for health insurance exchanges less than six months away, consumers are already asking questions about their new health care options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Navigator and In-Person Assistance Programs: A Snapshot of State Programs
Issue BriefWith the open enrollment period for health insurance exchanges less than six months away, consumers are already asking questions about their new health care options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Market Share of Largest Insurance Carrier in the Individual Insurance Market, 2010
FeatureMarket Share of Largest Insurance Carrier in the Individual Insurance Market, 2010 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2010 insurer filings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the California Department of Managed Health Care using the Mark Farrah Associates Health Coverage Portal TM.
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Health Insurance Premiums in the Individual Market in 2010
FeatureHealth Insurance Premiums in the Individual Market in 2010 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2010 insurer filings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners using the Mark Farrah Associates Health Coverage Portal. The Average premium is calculated as total premium revenues in a state divided by the number of total member months.
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Health Insurance Market Reforms: Portability
Fact SheetMost Americans have access to health insurance through an employer-sponsored health plan, a fact that has made changing or losing a job a complex issue for the purposes of maintaining health insurance.
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Poll Finds Bipartisan Public Support For Creating State Insurance Exchanges Despite Continuing Party Divisions Over the ACA
News ReleaseMore Americans Back Than Oppose State Medicaid Expansions But, Like Many Governors, Public Splits Along Party Lines On The Federal Deficit, Public Wants Action But Still Resists Most Cuts and Sacrifices, Especially to Medicare A majority of Americans put the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges at the top of the priority list for health…
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Visualizing Health Policy: Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
ReportRelated Resources Study Highlights Role of Geography and Plan Shopping Under Medicare Premium Support System Medicare Part D: A First Look at Part D Plan Offerings in 2013 The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet Online Consumer Guide to Medicare The latest Visualizing Health Policy infographic is a flowchart illustrating the…
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Health Insurance Market Reforms: Rate Review
Fact SheetRate review is the process by which insurance regulators review health plans’ new or renewed rates for insurance policies in order to ensure that the rates charged are based on accurate, verifiable data and realistic projections of health costs.
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Quick Take: Essential Health Benefits: What Have States Decided for Their Benchmark?
Fact SheetBeginning on January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that all non-grandfathered individual and small group health insurance plans sold in a state, including those offered through an Exchange, cover certain essential health benefits (EHBs).
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Health Insurance Market Reforms: Pre-Existing Condition Exclusions
Fact SheetInsurers pursue multiple strategies to reduce the cost of covering enrollees with pre-existing conditions, or medical conditions and health problems that existed before the individual enrolled in a health plan.