CaliforniaChoice small-business health exchange adds Sutter HMO

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/09/02/californiachoice-small-business-health-exchange.html?ana=e_vert_st_20150914

Sutter Health got approval from state regulators Monday to offer its HMO to small employers through the private insurance exchange California Choice.

Implementing Health Reform: House Can Sue Administration Over ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/09/10/implementing-health-reform-house-can-sue-president-over-aca-cost-sharing-reduction-payments/

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Charity care, financial assistance standards in hospitals unfair to patients, professor says

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/charity-care-financial-assistance-standards-hospitals-unfair-patients-professor-says?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouua%2FNZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JRMRrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

A study of 140 hospitals showed eligibility cutoffs ranging from an income of 100 percent of the federal poverty level to 600 percent.

Why employers are really cutting healthcare (it’s not Obamacare’s Cadillac tax)

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-obamacare-s-cadillac-tax-20150825-column.html

 

Obamacare Waiver Gives States Opening For Huge Reforms. But Will They Take It?Experts don’t expect states to pursue foundational reforms at first under the ACA waiver program.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/obamacare-waiver-gives-states-opening-for-huge-reforms-but-will-they-take-it-20150818

Experts don’t expect states to pursue foundational reforms at first under the ACA waiver program.

The Future Of Premium Assistance Through Waivers Under The Affordable Care Act

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/08/26/the-future-of-premium-assistance-through-waivers-under-the-affordable-care-act/

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Premium assistance is the use of public funding for the purchase of commercial health insurance. Historically, premium assistance has mostly enabled a small number of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) recipients to enroll in health insurance through their employers by having the government pay all of the costs of coverage, except for some cases where the family contributes a small premium.