On April 27, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government is on the hook for $12 billion it failed to pay insurers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) risk-mitigation program known as the Risk Corridors Program. ...more
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Increasing uncertainty and hostility surrounding the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) have resulted in a burst of health insurance reforms at the state level. For example, Washington recently passed a law creating a public...more
On May 13, 2019, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5526 into law, creating the first public option health insurance product for the individual market in the United States. ...more