October 14, 2010
October 13, 2010: SHADAC has released a new issue brief titled “Health Insurance Exchanges: Implementation and Data Considerations for States and Existing Models for Comparison.” The brief presents key implementation and data considerations for states as they contemplate the creation and role of the insurance exchanges required under the ACA.
Considerations explored in the brief include:
- Exchange scope and objectives
- Market coverage and structure
- Exchange governance
- Exchange role in plan selection
- Benefit options
- Funding
- Rating rules and adjustment for adverse risk selection
In addition, this brief profiles four state exchanges—in Massachusetts, Utah, Connecticut, and Washington—launched under state health reform efforts that predated the ACA.