The Empire State has been out in front in implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The state's tradition of providing health care to low-income residents, together with its progress in private insurance market reform, well position New York to implement the ACA.
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This series of reports examines the status of health insurance exchange development and design in 10 states: Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
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A new policy brief from Health Affairs and RWJF reviews the requirements for establishing a federally facilitated exchange, and finds that there will likely be enormous challenges for the federal government in planning and implementing federally-operated exchanges.
While bipartisan support for expanding Medicaid has emerged in some states, there are deep differences with respect to exchanges, with numerous state leaders expressing concerns about the cost of creating their own exchanges.
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The National Academy of Social Insurance convened experts to experts to develop legislative options for states to use in designing their exchanges.
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Our NewPublicHealth.org blog offers an in-depth Q&A with New York state's commissioner of health.
