Tag: insurance exchange

Step up or step aside: Looming deadline forces Oklahoma's hand on a health exchange

The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the health care law, or Affordable Care Act (ACA), will soon compel even the most reluctant states to address their central responsibility under the law – state-based health insurance exchanges.  Exchanges, which we’ve blogged… Read more [More...]

Post-session review: So whatever happened to…

Of the 1,934 bills filed this past legislative session, only a small fraction of those saw any significant action by legislators.  Most bills are never heard by a committee, and almost all of them fall short of a hearing on… Read more [More...]

High Court Hears Health Law: What's up for debate?

The United States Supreme Court is gearing up for oral argument in what is sure to be a landmark case in American history – the multi-state challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the federal health reform law passed by Congress… Read more [More...]

Xchange Factor: Why Oklahoma should be wary of buying the Utah model

Please visit the health care reform page on our website for links to previous posts and additional resources, including our ongoing series examining the Affordable Care Act. The deadline for Oklahoma to begin operating an online health insurance exchange is… Read more [More...]

Health Care Reform (10): Feds promise flexibility on state health insurance exchanges, but not complaisance

This is the tenth in an ongoing series of posts examining the Affordable Care Act, including previous posts on rate review and temporary high risk pools. For links to all previous posts and additional resources, please visit the health care… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk – June 17, 2011

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week at OK Policy, we looked at what the Legislature did and did not do this session to… Read more [More...]

Center on Budget: States moving forward on health reform’s Insurance Exchanges

This post by Dave Chandra originally appeared here on the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) Off the Charts Blog.  OK Policy recently blogged about two unsuccessful bills this session to establish Oklahoma’s Health Insurance Exchange.  To learn more… Read more [More...]

The Weekly Wonk – May 6, 2011

What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts. This week OK Policy continued its in-depth analysis of the state’s efforts to implement national health care reform.  Wednesday’s… Read more [More...]

Short-changed on a health exchange

In the new national health care law (the Affordable Care Act, or ACA), exchanges are state-level competitive marketplaces for individuals and small businesses to purchase insurance. After winning a $54 million Early Innovator grant earlier this year, Oklahoma was poised… Read more [More...]