Health Affairs January 12, 2018
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a seriesstemming from the Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on December 12, 2017. The conference brought together leading experts to review major developments in health law over the previous year, and preview what is to come.
Congress has enacted a tax bill that repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA) penalties for individuals who fail to enroll in health insurance. Open enrollment for the 2018 plan year may stay roughly even with 2017 exchange enrollment—lackluster performance that some blame on what they call “Trump sabotage”. Some Republicans are urging Congress to appropriate funds for cost sharing reduction (CSR) payments and a national reinsurance pool, presumably to...