The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces have nearly tripled their enrollment in their first decade of operation, from eight million people in 2014 to 21.4 million in 2024.

On July 1, Oregon launched a Basic Health Program (BHP) that offers comprehensive health care coverage, including medical, dental, and behavioral health care, with zero premiums and zero cost-sharing for eligible individuals with income between 138–200 percent of the federal poverty level ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces have nearly tripled their enrollment in their first decade of operation, from eight million people in 2014 to 21.4 million in 2024.

This Manatt series, to be released quarterly through 2023, shares the latest updates on state cost growth benchmarking programs and other data-driven initiatives states are undertaking to contain health care cost growth.

In December 2022, Oregon became the first state since New York (2015) and Minnesota (2016) to put forth a plan to seek federal approval for implementation of a basic health program under Section 1331 of the Affordable Care Act for individuals with income under 200 percent of the federal ...

"The nation’s opioid epidemic claimed more than 42,000 lives in 2016, and experts fear it will get worse before it gets better. What can be done to combat this multifaceted threat to public health? This article looks at how the crisis began, reviews how four sectors have responded and ...

By failing to follow through on repeated assurances to Oklahoma that its 1332 reinsurance waiver would be approved on an expedited timeline, the federal government dealt a devastating blow to Oklahoma consumers and magnified suspicions that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is more ...

Editor's Note: In a guest appearance on The Diane Rehm Show, an affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR), Manatt Health's Joel Ario discussed the future of Obamacare under a new administration. Since then, the election of Donald Trump certainly puts that future in doubt. Joel's remarks, ...

In tax year 2014, health insurance marketplaces faced the new requirement of reporting information about qualified health plan enrollment to enrollees through Form 1095-A. While there was significant concern that the marketplaces would fail to meet this new obligation, the 14 states and the ...

Paul Irving brings extensive experience advising leaders in business, investment, philanthropy and academia as well as pioneering work on the future of aging to Manatt's national Health groupManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, ...

Nick Bath’s sophisticated policy and strategy background deepens Manatt Health’s position as a go-to partner for health care stakeholders driving innovative change within the industryManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a multidisciplinary, integrated professional services firm, today ...

Manatt Health Managing Director Joel Ario was quoted in AIS Health about how the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency will impact marketplace coverage as states disenroll millions of Medicaid beneficiaries.  

Joel Ario spoke with Modern Healthcare on the Biden administration’s plans to revise Obamacare marketplaces and the language around Section 1332 waivers in the market modernization proposed rule, which features a more explicit emphasis about improving health equity.

Manatt Health Managing Director Joel Ario will speak in a session titled “Health Insurance Reforms and Affordability” at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) State Policy Seminar: Levers to Address Health Costs.

The Regulatory Framework Task Force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will meet on April 6, as part of the NAIC Spring Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

In the historic King v. Burwell decision, the Supreme Court upheld tax subsidies—preserving health security for the 6.4 million people whose coverage was in jeopardy and removing the immediate threat of individual market disruption.

Having survived political wars, Supreme Court appeals and even a government shutdown, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) made it through its first year of implementation. The public Marketplaces that are central to the ACA launched on October 1, 2013—and a year later, we face our second open enrollment ...