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Essential Health Benefits
Summary PPACA requires that a package of “essential health benefits” (EHB) be offered to individuals and small groups in state-based purchasing exchanges and the existing market as well as in a State...
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ACA on Trial Part II: Possible Outcomes
by Christina Sochacki R.N., J.D. In Part I of our multi-part piece on the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) in the Supreme Court, CAHC took a brief look at the issues before the Court. In this Part II, CAHC...
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ACA On Trial Part III: Tax or Penalty?
Day One of Supreme Court Arguments by Christina Sochacki R.N., J.D. Tax or Penalty? The First Issue before the Supreme Court Today marks the beginning of the Supreme Court’s debate about the fate of...
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ACA On Trial Part IV: The Individual Mandate
Day Two of Supreme Court Arguments by Christina Sochacki R.N., J.D. And now, for the main event. For two hours today, oral arguments were heard on the most anticipated question – Is the “minimum...
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ACA On Trial Part V: Severability and to What Extent
Day Three of Supreme Court Arguments by Christina Sochacki R.N., J.D. This morning’s arguments centered around the question: If the Court strikes down the mandate, what happens to the rest of the law?...
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ACA on Trial: Top 10 Memorable SCOTUS Quotes
by Christina Sochacki R.N., J.D. 10. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: [That] assumes the lack of competency of the government, which I don’t. 9. GENERAL VERRILLI: If they pay the tax, then they are in compliance...
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Technical Note: Sequestration and its Impact on Healthcare Programs
On September 14, the Office of Management and Budget released a report pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-115) that outlined the high level program cuts that will become...
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Medication Adherence: A $300 Billion Opportunity
Medication adherence is when a patient takes their medications according to the specific dosage, time, and frequency prescribed. A breakdown in any one of these elements has the potential to result in...
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Medication Adherence Policy Campaign: Cost Savings and Medication Adherence
The Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) has launched the Medication Adherence Policy Campaign in collaboration with several pharmacy, provider, pharmaceutical and employer organizations to...
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Age Rating: Increased Premiums, Higher Costs
States typically use age rating bands to spread the costs of premiums over age groups. Expected health costs for 20-somethings are about one-seventh of those for 60-somethings. Currently, 42 states...
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Keep Your Insurance Proposals
Individuals with existing health insurance are receiving notices from insurers that, as of January 1, 2014, their plan would be cancelled. Plans are being cancelled because they do not meet the...
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National Health Expenditures: Hold the Champagne
This memo attempts to correct some of the overblown rhetoric surrounding a new analysis by the actuaries for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), showing that national health expenditures...
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Comparison of House and Senate Qualified Entity Expansion in SGR Reform
CAHC developed this table to compare Qualified Entity Expansion proposals in both House and Senate SGR Reform legislation. Click here to download as a PDF. Print this entry
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