Informing consumers about North Carolina's new federally facilitated health insurance marketplace.

Can Plan Recommendations Improve the Coverage Decisions of Vulnerable Populations in Health Insurance Marketplaces?

OBJECTIVE The Affordable Care Act's marketplaces present an important opportunity for expanding coverage but consumers face enormous challenges in navigating through enrollment and re-enrollment. We tested the effectiveness of a behaviorally informed policy tool--plan recommendations--in improving marketplace decisions. STUDY SETTING Data were gathered from a community sample of 656 lower-inc...

Stakeholders’ perceptions of ways to support decisions about health insurance marketplace enrollment: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND Approximately 29 million individuals are expected to enroll in health insurance using the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace by 2022. Those seeking health insurance struggle to understand insurance options and choose a plan that best suits their needs. METHODS We interviewed stakeholders to identify the challenges associated with the ACA Marketplace health...

Rural Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces, by State.

Since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), much attention has been focused on the functioning of Health Insurance Marketplaces (HIMs). In this brief, cumulative county-level enrollment in HIMs through March 2015 is presented for state HIMs operated as Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs) and Federally Supported State-Based Marketplaces (FS-SBMs). We provide comp...

The professional liability insurance crisis and the future health of North Carolina's hospitals.

Low-Income Children With Chronic Conditions Face Increased Costs If Shifted From CHIP To Marketplace Plans.

More than eight million children risk having their health insurance coverage disrupted if federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is not extended beyond 2017. In this study we explored two current policy alternatives: extending federal funding for CHIP or enrolling children in the existing health insurance Marketplace plans. We simulated annual out-of-pocket expenses ...