Millions of Americans that can’t afford higher health insurance premiums are dropping Obamacare coverage in the months since Congress failed to extend the generous subsidies that had become a defining feature of the Affordable Care Act. nyti.ms/4tVzbif
The New York Times
"A mass shift to high-deductible plans could leave millions of Americans who recently lost access to Obamacare subsidies vulnerable to unexpectedly high costs, health policy experts said. Republicans are eager to move ahead anyway."
3. Oklahoma is one of five states that do not enforce the ACA’s market reform provisions; instead these regulatory functions have historically been performed by CMS. Given this history, how does Oklahoma plan to certify marketplace plans and conduct plan management as an SBM-FP?
Today is #Oklahoma ’s first day as a state-based marketplace on the federal platform (SBM-FP). The state will now certify #ACA plans and run its own consumer outreach program. The change was approved less than a month ago, making this the fastest SBM-FP transition to date. A few things to watch 👀
Directly funding cost-sharing reductions (CSRs), as Republicans are apparently considering, would INCREASE out-of-pocket premiums for millions of #ACA marketplace enrollees, cut funding by tens of billions of $, and leave hundreds of thousands of ppl uninsured.
1. Now that Oklahoma's running its own consumer outreach program, who are its navigator grantees and Certified Application Counselors (CAC)? Are they the same orgs as before? How long did grantees have to apply for funding, and how do funding levels compare to past years?
