The Dismantling of ObamaCare - Ongoing Updates.

Proof that we have idiots in DC who don't know what the hell they are doing.
Uh..........bronze OOP is $7350, so called "Catastrophic" plan OOP is $7350.
Uh........pricing will be similar.
Uh.........but the Cat plans are sooooo much cheaper, let's allow people over 30 to buy those plans.

Make "copper plans," or catastrophic plans, available to consumers of all ages. Today, they are only available to people under 30, and to exchange plan buyers who do not qualify for Affordable Care Act exchange program premium subsidies.

Trump Praises Deal to Trade Temporary ACA Cash for State Flexibility
 
Proof that we have idiots in DC who don't know what the hell they are doing.
Uh..........bronze OOP is $7350, so called "Catastrophic" plan OOP is $7350.
Uh........pricing will be similar.
Uh.........but the Cat plans are sooooo much cheaper, let's allow people over 30 to buy those plans.

Make "copper plans," or catastrophic plans, available to consumers of all ages. Today, they are only available to people under 30, and to exchange plan buyers who do not qualify for Affordable Care Act exchange program premium subsidies.

Trump Praises Deal to Trade Temporary ACA Cash for State Flexibility
Thankfully that deal is now dead.
 
30 DAY comment period for 2019 parameters is a good sign for STM rule reversal

Yay, can cancel a plan same day starting in 2019, and states will be in charge of EHB's and other plan details.

Termination Effective Dates We propose to make it simpler for consumers to terminate coverage through the Exchanges, by allowing enrollees to request same-day or prospective coverage termination dates by removing the 14-day “reasonable notice” and “newly eligible for Medicaid/CHIP/BHP” rules.

https://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources...glish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Is page 237-240 trying to pull our commissions out of the MLR??
No standardized options required to be shown first.
"Broker" mentioned 85 times.
Making Direct Enrollment WBE's play a bigger role

(b) Whether an adjustment to the 80 percent MLR standard for the individual market may improve consumers’ access to agents and brokers.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-ins...glish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
 
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(b) Whether an adjustment to the 80 percent MLR standard for the individual market may improve consumers’ access to agents and brokers.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-ins...glish&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery[/QUOTE]

"...to require the State to both provide its proposed, adjusted MLR standard and explain how this proposed standard would help stabilize its individual market. "

Each state may start having its own MLR number. Some may have none?

Monti
Health Leads
 
Huge positive changes for 2019 is fine and dandy. I need 1 year STM plans available on 1.1.2018. What are the odds for that?
 
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