State Insurance Exchanges

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Video Vocab: Understanding Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act

Health insurance exchanges can be thought of as online marketplaces that individuals and small businesses access to find health insurance options

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Resources for States

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Laying the IT Foundation for 2014: Developing Infrastructure for Improved Eligibility and Enrollment Systems

This webinar provided insight into the latest federal guidance on information technology (IT) systems and the impact the guidance has on developing state IT infrastructures capable of meeting the high expectations and demands of seamless, real-time eligibility and enrollment under the ACA. 

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Implementing a Successful Public Education and Marketing Campaign to Promote State Health Insurance Exchanges

Under the Affordable Care Act, all states must either develop or participate in a health insurance exchange, which must give consumers complete and easy-to-understand information about health insurance options. One in a series of offerings, this toolkit provides state officials with valuable information and resources—including Massachusetts’ learnings from the last five years.

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Building an Effective Health Insurance Exchange Website

Under the Affordable Care Act, all states must either develop or participate in a health insurance exchange, which must give consumers complete and easy-to-understand information about health insurance options. One in a series of offerings, this toolkit provides state officials with valuable information and resources—including Massachusetts’ learnings from the last five years.

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Overview of Final Exchange Regulations

This brief provides an overview of the final and interim final rules codifying Medicaid eligibility and enrollment provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The two sections of the brief offer (1) a high level overview of important highlights, focusing on key areas that have changed or expanded upon previous guidance, and (2) a section-by-section summary of the regulation.

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Determining Health Benefit Designs to be Offered on a State Health Insurance Exchange

Under the Affordable Care Act, all states must either develop or participate in a health insurance exchange, which must give consumers complete and easy-to-understand information about health insurance options. Since this requirement was modeled after Massachusetts’ health reform law, many are turning to Massachusetts officials for learnings from the last five years.

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State Health Insurance Exchanges

As states implement the Affordable Care Act, they must decide whether to establish health insurance exchanges on their own or work with the federal government to operate some parts or all of an exchange in their states.  The materials on this page offer insight and expert analysis about these policy questions.


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