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BLOGS. February 16, 2023

Change Is In the Air: How New Regulations Will Impact Healthcare

Over the past 25 years, major federal health policy initiatives have largely focused on the expansion of coverage and benefits. This era started with the creation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the late '90s, followed by the creation of Medicare Part D drug coverage and the growth of Medicare Advantage. Next came the Affordable Care Act’s dramatic expansion of Medicaid to childless adults and establishment of the significant tax subsidies, benefit standards and protections for individual insurance in the Marketplace Exchange.  Significant changes in federal health policy are again in the air, with some big initiatives that will have major consequences for how health plans do business.