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The odds were long. At the start of the fifth open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces last November, there was every reason to believe that enrollment would fall off a cliff in 2018.
The dawn of the 2018 legislation session brings a mix of optimism and skepticism. Legislators want to make progress on fighting Colorado’s substance use epidemic, but political obstacles might stand in the way for other priorities.
Who could have predicted this year, really?
Here at the Colorado Health Institute, we expected that the new Trump administration, combined with Republican majorities in the House and Senate, would bring a swift end to the Affordable Care Act.
But we’re closing in on the 2017 finish line, and the ACA is still limping along. That’s a surprise. It’s also surprising that the ACA’s individual mandate was killed in the tax reform bill. We didn’t see that one coming until just before it happened.
2017’s Hot Issues in Health conference confronted divides and sought to bridge the gaps. We talked about everything from the managed care model for Medicaid and behavioral health integration to the role of competition and what you — as a health care consumer and policymaker — can do when navigating an overwhelming and expensive health care system.
An Analysis of Affordable Care Act Tax Penalty Data
The Denver Post invited CHI to write the centerpiece article for a special Perspective section titled Fixing Obamacare.
This has been a year of failed attempts to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but the fight is not over. On Friday, the Trump administration released new rules that could spell big changes for at least 53,000 Colorado women.
The regulations overturn the Obama-era mandate requiring employers offering health insurance benefits to include birth control in the coverage (with limited exceptions). Under the proposed changes, any company — large or small, public or private — can request a moral or religious exemption to the mandate and stop covering birth control.
For the first time in nearly 11 months, it’s probably safe for advocates of health coverage to exhale. At least for a moment.
Back in July, the last time Republicans in the U.S. Senate nearly repealed major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but failed at the last minute, the Colorado Health Institute published a blog title “Obituary for the Undead.” The blog warned that the repeal bill was still alive and could be taken up again at any moment.
State officials have announced that prices on Colorado’s individual market for 2018 health plans will rise an average of 26.7 percent.