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Saving Private Health Insurance? Can’t Live with It; Can’t Live without It

Saving Private Health Insurance? Can’t Live with It; Can’t Live without It. Tom Miller American Enterprise Institute November 14, 2011. Overview. Types, traits & trends Historical highlights, shaping factors Affordable Care Act’s “takeover bid” Beyond ACA: another path. Types.

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Saving Private Health Insurance? Can’t Live with It; Can’t Live without It

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  1. Saving Private Health Insurance?Can’t Live with It; Can’t Live without It Tom Miller American Enterprise Institute November 14, 2011

  2. Overview Types, traits & trends Historical highlights, shaping factors Affordable Care Act’s “takeover bid” Beyond ACA: another path

  3. Types Employer-sponsored (self vs. fully-insured) Large group, middle market, small group Individual Medicare (MA, Medigap) Medicaid (managed care, PCCM) CHIP (non-Medicaid)

  4. Types - Regulation DOL - ERISA States (McCarran-Ferguson) Courts (Markets)

  5. Traits ESI dominant Regulation concentrated on smaller markets 3rd, 4th, 5th party payment Pays bills, provides admin infrastructure Annual contracts Delegated decisions = less transparency

  6. Trends ESI declining Excess health care cost growth Relatively low profit margins Variety (not always most important variation) Occasionally manages care Desired, yet unpopular blame-magnet

  7. Key History Fueled health care growth (too much of a good thing?) Tax exclusion (1943, 1954) McCarran-Ferguson (1945) Medicare, Medicaid (1965) ERISA (1974) HIPAA (1996) Managed care backlash Consumer-driven health care

  8. Affordable Care ActHealth Insurance “Reform”? More regulatory control, redistribution Individual mandate -- the glue Employer mandate -- limit budget exposure & coverage disruption, set qualified insurance State exchanges -- base for expansion Income-based subsidies – the lure Medicaid – lower cost loss leader Rate compression (modified community rates) Pre-existing conditions (guaranteed issue) Essential health benefits

  9. ACA ImplementationEarly Appetizers, Warning Shots AFDS (dependent slacker) coverage First-dollar preventive benefits No pre-ex limits for kids Minimum loss ratios No lifetime limits, annual limit phase-out Rate review kibitzing Patients Bill of Rights redux Watering down grandfathering protection Waivering on mini-med plans

  10. Coming Attractions (2014) Defining essential benefits Certifying (any?) state exchanges by Jan 2013 Passing out coverage expansion subsidies Most regs for fully insured coverage Larger employers drop coverage? With or without individual mandate? What about those promised premium savings?

  11. Alternatives to Old Status Quo? Back to basics insurance regulation (solvency, transparency, information, competition, contracts) State competition in ins reg (PASL plus) Retargeting subsidies (high-risk pools, Medicaid) Usable “value” info beyond health insurance Leveling the ESI/individual playing field Mainstreaming more Medicaid beneficiaries Defined contribution financing for taxpayer subsidies

  12. To Be Reconsidered & Determined… Can willing buyers & sellers reach agreements? Stop hiding the real price tags Longer-term insurance commitments Customization/standardization continuum How much & when should health status matter? Incentives for individual health behavior change Cashing out broad-based subsidies Framing clearer insurance choices Maximizing value options for different levels of resources & preferences Lowering barriers to entry & exit

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