Commonwealth Fund July 28, 2021
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The Biden administration is working to restore standardized health plan design for ACA marketplace coverage
Several states are experimenting with standardized plans as a way to improve access to care
As the Biden administration continues its efforts to build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), its regulatory to-do list includes revisiting Trump-era policies struck down by the courts. This spring, a federal court concluded that several Trump administration actions to weaken the ACA broke federal law. Among these was the decision to eliminate certain consumer-friendly rules for HealthCare.gov, including a policy encouraging standardized health plan designs for marketplace coverage. In its work to restore the policy, the Biden administration can learn from what states are doing now.
Standard Plans...