3rd Annual ACA Consumer Value State Rankings
The story of consumer value in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual marketplaces echoes one of the [...]
Impressions of the ACA: The 1st Year of the 2nd Decade
“A subsidy works if it gets someone to buy something they otherwise wouldn’t buy. Any additional subsidy [...]
The ACA’s Silver Bulletin
What if I told you that two sentences in a rate filing guidance could potentially add $5 billion [...]
It Didn’t Cost a Pennie
“With a one-line regulatory change, Pennsylvania has transformed its ACA marketplace. The measure is probably the most [...]
2nd Annual ACA Consumer Value State Rankings
Last year I developed a ranking system for analyzing consumer value in ACA markets across all 50 states[1]. [...]
The ACA’s Changing Coverage Goals: From Obama/Biden to Trump
"The ACA isn’t perfect, but the choices we made when designing the law flowed from a commitment [...]
Obamacare Marketplaces Were in Trouble. What Did We Do?
“Everybody's got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of [...]
Actuaries versus Experts: Lost Sheep Astray on Route ACA
And the dreams that they'd been living in the California sand Died right there beside him in [...]
Impressions of the ACA: 10 Years, 30 Voices
I’m a math guy. I always have been. While I did well in most subjects in school, I [...]
The ACA Underwriting Cycle
Then a left will take you to the interstate But a right will bring you right back [...]