Insurance Market Reform

A longitudinal study of heath care consumers that aims to  provide a comprehensive view of health care consumerism that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of what health and health care are commonly thought to encompass.

According to the State Health Access Data Assitance Center at the University of Minnesota, employer sponsored coverage has significantly declined over the last ten years.

According to the Urban Institute report, the ACA has the potential to reverse the significant decline in employer sponsored coverage that has occured over the last ten years

This policy brief by AHIP examines trends in enrollment and Medicaid health plan participation in state Medicaid programs as well as trends in other types of Medicaid managed care, and describes how Medicaid health plans are working with states to address ongoing fiscal challenges.

The report analyzes data regarding the level of commissions to brokers and "identifies options to modify MLR definitions, methodology and/or numerical standards that may be necessary to protect health insurance consumers, and to preserve the important role of producers in the health insurance transaction and in the resolution of disputed health insurance claims."