On March 24, 2017, Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives withdrew the American Health Care Act—their proposed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A House vote was scheduled to take place on that day, but House Republicans could not secure enough votes to approve the legislation and, instead, canceled […]
OVERVIEW On March 6, 2017, Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives issued two bills to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through the budget reconciliation process. These bills, which were issued by the Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee, are collectively known as the American Health Care […]
Overview On Feb. 16, 2017, Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a policy brief describing its intended approach for replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In this policy brief, House Republicans reiterated their goals of repealing the ACA and implementing a replacement plan aimed at providing more choices, lower costs and greater […]
Overview On Feb. 15, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a market stabilization proposed rule under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The proposed rule includes new reforms intended to stabilize the individual and small group health insurance markets for the 2018 plan year. Specifically, the rule proposes a variety of policy […]
Overview The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has signaled a change in how it monitors compliance with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate. Under this change, tax returns will no longer be automatically rejected if they do not certify whether the individual had health insurance for the year. The new IRS policy on accepting “silent […]
