More Changes to ACA from CMS
July 11, 2018In the last week, two significant changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been made by the administration on risk-adjustment payments and funding for navigators.
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Ways and Means Marks-up Health Care Bills
July 11, 2018The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a full committee markup today on a series of measures that will delay several ACA provisions and expand HSA’s.
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Analysis on DOL’s Final AHP Rule
June 27, 2018Following last week's publishing of a final rule on Association Health Plans, NSBA has analyzed the rule and detailed what it likely means for most small businesses.
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DOL Published Final AHP Rule
June 20, 2018The Department of Labor has unveiled final rules expanding Association Health Plans which would allow businesses to band together to buy health insurance, but could cause risk-selection problems.
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Farm Bill Includes Funding for AHPs
May 23, 2018Efforts continue to move Association Health Plans through Congress, most recently as part of the Farm Bill which ultimately fell short in the House of the required votes.
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Senate Bill to Expand Medicare
May 16, 2018New Senate legislation would create a Medicare health plan for all ages that would be offered in state and federal health exchanges, and the employer-sponsored market.
READ MORE Ongoing Efforts to Repeal ACA
May 9, 2018Despite very little likelihood of movement, some conservative groups are pushing lawmakers to take up another ACA repeal bill.
READ MORE NSBA Comments on AHP Rule
March 7, 2018NSBA recently submitted comments on the administration's AHP proposal, highlighting the need for broad reform and ways to strengthen both AHPs and the overall health care market.
READ MORE Reducing the Health Care Cost Burden
February 14, 2018One year after Congress failed to address health care reform, "health care costs" is now the top issue that small businesses want Congress and the Administration to address. Despite that overwhelming sentiment from the small-business community, there appears to be little appetite in Congress to once again tackle a big health care reform bill. Instead, there may be more targeted efforts, and a number of private sector initiatives focused on getting these costs under control.
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Association Health Plans Proposed Rule
January 10, 2018Last week, the Department of Labor published a proposed rule that would broaden Association Health Plans and enable small businesses to band together to purchase health insurance.
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