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Policy Experts Discuss Strategies to Keep Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Afloat

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Senator Maggie Hassan and a panel discussion moderated by Sarah Kliff of The New York Times, spotlighted state cost containment policies and employer strategies to inform the federal policy process concerning ESI, which covers almost half of all Americans.

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Uneven Ground: Differences in Language Access Across State-Based Marketplaces

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Enrolling in health insurance can be a challenge, especially for the millions of Americans with limited English proficiency (LEP). The annual Marketplace Open Enrollment Period is just around the corner.

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New and Improved Navigator Resource Guide Answers Common Enrollment Questions and Reflects Policy Changes for 2023

Center for Health Insurance Reform

Navigators and other enrollment assisters can access over 300 frequently asked questions and answers, state fact sheets, a summary of new federal policies for 2023, and more.

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Report shows 'vast improvement' in state telehealth reimbursement policies

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The public health emergency did not create the telemedicine industry. The wide-ranging report – which focuses only on commercial health insurance laws, and not Medicaid rules – notes that, although telehealth coverage has widely expanded, not all of these laws are equally effective at ensuring access to virtual care.

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Health Care Costs Concern Americans Approaching Retirement – Especially Women and Sicker People

Health Populi

Even with the prospect of enrolling in Medicare sooner in a year or two or three, Americans approaching retirement are growing concerned about health care costs, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. One-half said they weren’t confident in their ability to afford health insurance in or near retirement.

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Searching for a New Normal: How Expiration of the Federal Public Health Emergency Impacts Access to Health Care Services

Center for Health Insurance Reform

After more than three years, the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is set to expire on May 11, 2023. Once the PHE designation is lifted, a number of federal policies intended to help the U.S. health care system adapt to the pandemic will also expire.

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Facility Fees 101: What is all the Fuss About?

Center for Health Insurance Reform

In a post for Health Affairs Forefront, Linda Blumberg and Christine Monahan provide a primer on facility fees, including the trend of hospital consolidation driving these fees and federal policy options to protect consumers from rising costs in outpatient settings.