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12.13.13

SPECIAL EDITION: CMS Approves Iowa’s Waivers to Implement ACA Medicaid Expansion

On December 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Iowa’s waivers to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion.


10.07.13

Special Edition: Insights on Arkansas’s “Private Option” Medicaid Expansion

On September 27, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Arkansas’s waiver to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion by using premium assistance to purchase QHPs in the Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace).


09.26.13

Engaging Consumers to Improve Integrated Care Models

Integrated care is a growing trend in health reform, as states seek to improve care quality, health outcomes and patient satisfaction while containing healthcare costs.


07.17.13

How Does the DOMA Defeat Impact Healthcare Reform and Health Insurance Access?

In a sharply divided ruling on the United States v. Windsor released on June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court invalidated DOMA, clearing the way for federal recognition of same-sex marriages.


11.07.12

Healthcare Reform Moves Forward—States Face Key Decisions

With the results of the election in, the path to implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) now appears clear. 


06.28.12

Manatt Analysis of the Supreme Court Ruling on the ACA

The long-awaited Supreme Court decision brings clarity to the future of health care reform and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).


04.17.12

Achieving Continuity of Insurance Coverage for Lower-Income New Yorkers in 2014

On the heels of Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order establishing a New York Health Insurance Exchange, a new report prepared by Manatt Health Solutions for the Coalition of New York State Public Health Plans with the support of the New York State Health Foundation, recommends strategies for New ...


12.21.11

Federally-Facilitated Exchanges and the Continuum of State Options

Since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on March 23, 2010, the federal government and many states have devoted an extraordinary level of resources to planning and developing the systems, policies and protocols to implement Health Insurance Exchanges that will ...


04.05.11

Medicaid’s Role in the Health Benefits Exchange: A Road Map for States

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sweeping federal legislation designed to bring about near universal coverage and transform how health care is paid for and delivered throughout the United States. 


01.12.11

“Revisioning” Medicaid as Part of New York’s Coverage Continuum

Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for 4.8 million New Yorkers, more than 25 percent of the people residing in the state.