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Medicaid Redetermination Impacts on the Individual Market (2025 Revision)
This paper was originally published in July 2024 to present Wakely’s study on how emerging Medicaid redeterminations (data through April 2024) impacted the health of the individual market in 2024. This updated version utilizes revised market-level enrollment and morbidity trends for data through December 2024. The updated metrics continue to support the preliminary results published ... Read more
Week in Washington 06/05/25
CBO Score Released CBO released its integrated estimates of the effects of the House reconciliation bill. They also released their updated estimates on changes is the number of uninsured people as a result of changes in federal policy over the next decade (both the reconciliation bill, sunsetting of ePTCs, and other federal regulatory changes). CBO ... Read more
Events & More
See Who You’ll Meet at #HMACon2025
The HMA Conference brings together a diverse mix of healthcare leaders from across the country, including state and federal policymakers, health plan executives, community-based innovators, and strategy leads from payer and nonprofit organizations.
Whether you focus on behavioral health, Medicaid transformation, delivery system reform, risk arrangements in Medicare and Marketplace, or digital innovation, this event offers not only the insight—but the right people—to help you move your work forward.
Early bird pricing ends July 31, 2025. We can’t wait to welcome you to New Orleans this October!
Newsworthy Findings
Amazon Pharmacy’s PillPack expands to Medicare patients
Seniors on Medicare can now use PillPack from Amazon Pharmacy, a service that pre-sorts medication packets before sending them to consumers’ homes. Amazon also announced a new feature allowing customers to invite caregivers to manage medications on their behalf.
CVS, Cigna Sue Arkansas to Overturn New PBM Law
CVS and Cigna have filed two separate lawsuits seeking to overturn Arkansas’ new law, which bans pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies in the state, from going into effect
Trump Administration Rescinds Biden-Era Guidance Protecting Access to Emergency Abortions
The CMS says it will continue to enforce EMTALA, including in cases where the health of a pregnant woman or unborn child are in “serious jeopardy.”
Trump Administration Names National Coordinator for Health IT
Thomas Keane, who previously worked as a senior advisor to the deputy secretary of the HHS, began the role on Monday.
State Exchange Directors Urge Senate to Reconsider GOP Megabill, Citing Harm to ACA Enrollees
State exchange directors sent a letter to Senate leadership this week urging lawmakers to reconsider provisions in the reconciliation megabill that are set to significantly reduce enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans. The letter asks the Senate to reject policies in the House-passed bill that would create red tape to get ACA coverage, and to extend more generous credits for ACA plans scheduled to expire at the end of this year.
Bonus Article
California Developer Builds First Neighborhood Where All the Homes Are Resistant to Wildfires
Just for Fun
Math Joke:
I’m over it — said the numerator to the denominator.
Prior Week
My math teacher called me average. How mean!
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