Fierce Healthcare October 10, 2019
Paige Minemyer

While plenty of states opted out of launching their own state-based insurance exchanges following the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a collection of states is coming back around to the idea.

In a new report from Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR), researchers interviewed stakeholders in those states to paint a picture of why they might undergo such a costly and complex process after many struggled to operate one following the initial rollout of the ACA.

The main reason? Cost savings, the report found.

At present, 11 states and the District of Columbia already operate their own insurance exchange.

But an additional six states are planning to launch their own within...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange, States
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