NASHP August 21, 2018
Christina Cousart

During NASHP’s 31st Annual State Health Policy Conference last week, experts and state officials assessed the dramatic sea changes that recent federal action has imposed on their individual health insurance markets, what they are doing to stabilize them, and what the future holds.

Below, NASHP summarizes what panelists said about the current state of their markets and how market segmentation – caused by the wider availability of short-term and association health plans — could impact state markets.

Making Waves: How Did the Market Get Here?

Adapted from Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Mark Farrah Associates Health Coverage PortalTM, available at: https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/individual-insurance-market-performance-in-2017/

The cost of coverage purchased through the individual market has been on the rise. Dania Palanker of the Georgetown...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Conferences / Podcast, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Public Exchange, States, Trends
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