Insurance Exchanges

On April 29, 2013, the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange Board held its inaugural board meeting. This agenda provides an overview of the topics covered during this meeting.

On March 20, 2013, Governor Mark Dayton signed exchange legislation into law. The legislation establishes the Minnesota exchange as an entity within the executive branch governed by a seven-member board.

This three-part document provides a high-level overview of the role of agents and brokers in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces, also known as exchanges. It addresses common questions raised by states and other stakeholders on the role of agents and brokers in all Marketplaces – including State-based Marketplaces.  It also includes process flows for both pathways.

To foster competition among health plans featured in the insurance exchanges, the ACA requires that at least two participating plans be multi-state health plans—plans that can cross state lines and be sold nationwide. In this updated implementation brief, the authors review the final Multi-State Plan Program regulations and outline key questions, including how the plans will work under conflicting state laws, and how the plans will be phased into the market.

The Department of Health and Human Services has released this funding opportunity announcement for individuals or entities interested in applying to serve as navigators in the federally facilitated or state partnership exchanges.

Vermont has released the preliminary rate filings for the qualified health plans (QHPs) to be sold on its health insurance exchange. This document details the proposed rates, which still need to be approved by the state.

This bill constitutes the last step in the O’Malley-Brown Administration’s three-year effort to use the tools of the Affordable Care Act to enhance Marylanders’ access to quality and affordable health care. The bill puts in place the remaining policies necessary for the State’s health benefit exchange to begin operations and expands Medicaid eligibility to ensure coverage for the State’s most financially vulnerable. 

This brief discusses some of the key policy decisions states are making and briefly describes these programs in a handful of states. This brief is not intended to offer comprehensive examination of all state activity, but rather provides a snapshot of key decisions in a few states. States were included in this snapshot if they had released a detailed RFP or other policy documents describing how these assistance programs would be structured.

With the arrival of the insurance exchanges, an estimated 22 million people will have the opportunity to choose their coverage through an exchange.  Exchange leaders have a critical role to play in supporting consumers in their search for high quality, affordable options that best meet their individual needs. The Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) has created a set of resources that exchanges can use as they build their consumer choice decision support.