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Federal judge rejects preliminary injunction mandating ACA cost-sharing reduction payments; CBO estimates $3.8 billion deficit reduction from bipartisan ACA bill

By Thomas Dowdell (US) on October 30, 2017 Posted in News from DC

On Wednesday, October 25, Judge Vince Chhabria, federal district court in San Francisco, rejected a request for a preliminary injunction by 18 states and the District of Columbia to compel the Trump Administration to continue to pay cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to health insurance companies. Judge Chhabria concluded: (i) States have been preparing for months … Continue reading

CBO releases report on effects of terminating ACA cost-sharing reduction payments; CMS proposes to end two incentive payment models

By on August 21, 2017 Posted in News from DC

On August 15, the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) released a report on the effects of terminating payments to insurers for cost-sharing reductions under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) in 2017. The CBO estimated that by 2018, insurance premiums for silver plans would increase by 20 percent and leave 5 percent of Americans living in areas … Continue reading