If Congress’ health care bill stalls, Tennessee has several options options that might help reduce premium growth and stabilize the individual market.
Continue readingHow Changes to Essential Health Benefits Could Affect Tennessee
The U.S. House and Senate’s health care bills both loosen rules for essential health benefits (EHB), but in different ways and with different trade-offs.
Continue readingThe American Health Care Act: Rural Health & Tennesseans with Disabilities
The AHCA’s key trade-offs could have a significant impact on 1.5 million rural Tennesseans and 150,000 Tennesseans with disabilities covered by TennCare.
Continue readingHow the U.S. House Health Bill Affects Tennessee
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) could affect coverage for 1 in 3 Tennesseans and give state lawmakers more control over health insurance.
Continue readingTennessee’s High-Risk Pool Experience
The history of AccessTN, the high-risk pool Tennessee created in 2006 in an effort to provide better access to health insurance for high-risk individuals.
Continue readingReinsurance & High-Risk Pools
Tennessee may be eligible for federal funding of reinsurance and high-risk pools, which could improve access to health insurance and alleviate rising costs.
Continue readingHealth Insurance Markets 101
An intro to key concepts that influence access and affordability in health insurance markets, such as risk pools, predictability, incentives, and stability.
Continue readingAHCA vs ACA: Tax Credits, Insurance Premiums, and the Big Picture
Tennessee’s individual health insurance market could look a lot different if the American Health Care Act (AHCA) replaces the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Continue readingBudget Reconciliation & the Affordable Care Act
The federal budget reconciliation process, how it could be used to change the Affordable Care Act, and how that might impact Tennessee.
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