Sabrina Corlette
@sabrinacorlette.bsky.social
Research prof and co-director, Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University
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What voters *thought* they were voting for in November:
- cost relief
What voters are getting:
- eye-popping premium hikes due to Trump's budget bill
chirblog.org/early-2026-r... @staceypogue.bsky.social
- cost relief
What voters are getting:
- eye-popping premium hikes due to Trump's budget bill
chirblog.org/early-2026-r... @staceypogue.bsky.social
Early 2026 Rate Filings Show Marketplace Policy Changes Contribute to Eye-Popping Rate Increases
This year, insurers are setting their rates for 2026 while Congress and the administration weigh several policies that are projected to cause premiums to spike and the number of people with Marketplac...
chirblog.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What voters *thought* they were voting for in November:
- cost relief
What voters are getting:
- eye-popping premium hikes due to Trump's budget bill
chirblog.org/early-2026-r... @staceypogue.bsky.social
- cost relief
What voters are getting:
- eye-popping premium hikes due to Trump's budget bill
chirblog.org/early-2026-r... @staceypogue.bsky.social
Holy cow - provider losses if the tax reconciliation bill passes would approach $1 trillion. Yes, that's trillion with a "t"! www.urban.org/research/pub...
Reconciliation Bill and End of Enhanced Subsidies Would Cut Health Care Provider Revenue and Spike Uncompensated Care
The House of Representatives passed, and the Senate is now negotiating, a budget reconciliation bill that would impose federal funding cuts on Medicaid and the ACA Marketplaces.
www.urban.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Holy cow - provider losses if the tax reconciliation bill passes would approach $1 trillion. Yes, that's trillion with a "t"! www.urban.org/research/pub...
Don't miss this event - it's a great opportunity to hear from innovative state leaders on ways to improve health care affordability!
What can we learn from states like ME, TX, and NY when it comes to #facilityfee reform?
Join me and @GtownCHIR in DC on June 17 for a panel discussion exploring state-led solutions to reduce #hospital outpatient charges and improve #healthcare #affordability: bit.ly/43uTEiY
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Join me and @GtownCHIR in DC on June 17 for a panel discussion exploring state-led solutions to reduce #hospital outpatient charges and improve #healthcare #affordability: bit.ly/43uTEiY
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Facility Fee Reforms: How States Are Tackling Excessive Charges
Learn how different states are working to reduce excessive hospital outpatient facility fees at this in-person event in Washington, DC.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Don't miss this event - it's a great opportunity to hear from innovative state leaders on ways to improve health care affordability!
Does the House GOP reconciliation bill take health insurance away from newborn babies? Why yes, yes it does. If you read nothing else today, read this post from CHIRblog guest authors @jasonlevitis.bsky.social and @clinkeyoung.bsky.social chirblog.org/the-sleeper-...
The Sleeper Provision in the Reconciliation Bill That Could Hobble the ACA Marketplaces
An obscure provision in the U.S. House reconciliation bill could have major consequences for the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. In a guest post for CHIRblog, the Urban Institute's Jason Levitis and...
chirblog.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Does the House GOP reconciliation bill take health insurance away from newborn babies? Why yes, yes it does. If you read nothing else today, read this post from CHIRblog guest authors @jasonlevitis.bsky.social and @clinkeyoung.bsky.social chirblog.org/the-sleeper-...
The House reconciliation bill = Affordable Care Act repeal, just under a different name. In addition to devastating Medicaid cuts, millions of moderate-income people will lose insurance/face higher costs & red tape. Our take: chirblog.org/death-by-slo...
Death by Slow Strangulation: New Tactics in Longstanding Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to take up legislation that, if enacted, would be tantamount to a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for millions of Americans who will lose their heal...
chirblog.org
May 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The House reconciliation bill = Affordable Care Act repeal, just under a different name. In addition to devastating Medicaid cuts, millions of moderate-income people will lose insurance/face higher costs & red tape. Our take: chirblog.org/death-by-slo...
Maybe his brain worm needed company? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
Kennedy Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Maybe his brain worm needed company? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
Reposted by Sabrina Corlette
You can’t cut hundreds of billions from #Medicaid without harming people. New CBO analysis confirms proposals House Republican have floated would leave millions uninsured, each slashing billions from Medicaid w/ $170b-$472B in cuts coming from lower enrollment . www.cbo.gov/system/files...
www.cbo.gov
May 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can’t cut hundreds of billions from #Medicaid without harming people. New CBO analysis confirms proposals House Republican have floated would leave millions uninsured, each slashing billions from Medicaid w/ $170b-$472B in cuts coming from lower enrollment . www.cbo.gov/system/files...
Congress' twisted idea of a Mother's Day gift: a reconciliation package, that, when added to its failure to extend Marketplace tax credits, throws 13.7 MILLION people off of their insurance coverage. energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
Chairman Guthrie Introduces Budget Reconciliation Text to be Marked Up
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
energycommerce.house.gov
May 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congress' twisted idea of a Mother's Day gift: a reconciliation package, that, when added to its failure to extend Marketplace tax credits, throws 13.7 MILLION people off of their insurance coverage. energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
In our latest post for @commonwealthfund.org, Rachel Swindle & I delve into a proposed ACA rule that limits enrollment opportunities and increases paperwork. The result? Up to 2 million people to lose coverage in 2026. www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/ne...
A New Rule to Limit ACA Enrollment Periods May Deter Sign-Ups and Worsen Risk Pools
www.commonwealthfund.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In our latest post for @commonwealthfund.org, Rachel Swindle & I delve into a proposed ACA rule that limits enrollment opportunities and increases paperwork. The result? Up to 2 million people to lose coverage in 2026. www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/ne...
Job announcement! The Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms is seeking a Research Fellow to support projects focused on health care access and affordability. Great team, great work, great benefits - win win win! Check out our job announcement: chir.georgetown.edu/index/jobs/
Employment Opportunities - Center on Health Insurance Reforms
Research FellowThe Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy is seeking a Research Fellow to support projects focused on health insurance a...
chir.georgetown.edu
April 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Job announcement! The Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms is seeking a Research Fellow to support projects focused on health care access and affordability. Great team, great work, great benefits - win win win! Check out our job announcement: chir.georgetown.edu/index/jobs/
If the Supreme Court rules to end the ACA's preventive services benefit in Braidwood case, states can help preserve access for their residents. @tarastraw.bsky.social & my roadmap: www.shvs.org/protecting-a...
Protecting Access to Preventive Services: A State Roadmap
Protecting Access to Preventive Services: A State Roadmap
www.shvs.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If the Supreme Court rules to end the ACA's preventive services benefit in Braidwood case, states can help preserve access for their residents. @tarastraw.bsky.social & my roadmap: www.shvs.org/protecting-a...
Trump administration proposal would be "death by a thousand cuts" for the Affordable Care Act - up to 2M people would lose coverage, millions more would face higher costs. @jasonlevitis.bsky.social @clinkeyoung.bsky.social and I sum it up: georgetown.app.box.com/file/1831720...
Fact Sheet on CMS Marketplace Rule -- Final 4-11-25.pdf | Powered by Box
georgetown.app.box.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump administration proposal would be "death by a thousand cuts" for the Affordable Care Act - up to 2M people would lose coverage, millions more would face higher costs. @jasonlevitis.bsky.social @clinkeyoung.bsky.social and I sum it up: georgetown.app.box.com/file/1831720...
CMS recently reinstated the Marketplace brokers suspended last year for enrolling people in plans w/o consent. They deserve "due process," officials said. Apparently, these days you get due process if you're a fraudster, but not if you're a federal public servant www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Trump Administration Highlights: Cuts of 10,000 Jobs at Health Agency Reflect Kennedy’s and Trump’s Priorities
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
CMS recently reinstated the Marketplace brokers suspended last year for enrolling people in plans w/o consent. They deserve "due process," officials said. Apparently, these days you get due process if you're a fraudster, but not if you're a federal public servant www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Here's something to celebrate! The ACA just turned 15: chirblog.org/heres-someth...
Here’s Something to Celebrate: The Affordable Care Act Just Turned 15!
On March 23, 2025, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In this post, CHIR experts reflect on how the law's reforms affected people's access to affordable, high quality...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Here's something to celebrate! The ACA just turned 15: chirblog.org/heres-someth...
Reposted by Sabrina Corlette
The Trump Administration’s proposed sweeping rule changes will raise premiums, increase costs, and make enrollment harder. Its own estimates show 2M people losing coverage. @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social says it’s like making people “crawl through broken glass.” www.healthcaredive.com/news/trump-a...
Trump administration proposes ACA program integrity rule that would decimate enrollment
The rule is like “making people crawl through broken glass” for health insurance, one expert said.
www.healthcaredive.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Trump Administration’s proposed sweeping rule changes will raise premiums, increase costs, and make enrollment harder. Its own estimates show 2M people losing coverage. @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social says it’s like making people “crawl through broken glass.” www.healthcaredive.com/news/trump-a...
Here's a thread (is it called a thread on Bluesky?) about the Trump admin's new ACA or "Marketplace Integrity" proposal... www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...
2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule | CMS
IntroductionToday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the “Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule” that proposes standards for the Health Insurance Marketplaces, ...
www.cms.gov
March 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here's a thread (is it called a thread on Bluesky?) about the Trump admin's new ACA or "Marketplace Integrity" proposal... www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...
Once again, the Trump administration is trying to take down the Affordable Care Act, under the guise of preventing "fraud." What's galling about that is instead of taking on real fraud, their new rule would punish low- and middle income consumers. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Trump Health Care Proposal Billed as Consumer Protection but Adds Enrollment Hoops - KFF Health News
The proposal also would reverse a Biden administration policy that allowed “Dreamers” — immigrants in the country illegally who were brought here as children — from qualifying for subsidized ACA cover...
kffhealthnews.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Once again, the Trump administration is trying to take down the Affordable Care Act, under the guise of preventing "fraud." What's galling about that is instead of taking on real fraud, their new rule would punish low- and middle income consumers. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
The Trump administration's war on the ACA continues, with a new proposed rule that - in their OWN words - would "increase administrative burden" and "deter some eligible low-income" from enrolling. The proposal = more paperwork + higher premiums. www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...
2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule | CMS
IntroductionToday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the “Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule” that proposes standards for the Health Insurance Marketplaces, ...
www.cms.gov
March 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The Trump administration's war on the ACA continues, with a new proposed rule that - in their OWN words - would "increase administrative burden" and "deter some eligible low-income" from enrolling. The proposal = more paperwork + higher premiums. www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...
What to do about broker fraud in the ACA Marketplaces? My colleagues @staceypogue.bsky.social and Justin Giovannelli have answers, for @commonwealthfund.org. www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/po...
Policymakers Can Protect Against Fraud in the ACA Marketplaces Without Hiking Premiums
Policymakers can strengthen oversight of entities involved in selling coverage to address fraud and ensure integrity in the ACA marketplaces.
www.commonwealthfund.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
What to do about broker fraud in the ACA Marketplaces? My colleagues @staceypogue.bsky.social and Justin Giovannelli have answers, for @commonwealthfund.org. www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/po...
The latest state in Gtown CHIR's State Spotlight series is...Massachusetts! In the wake of Steward Health Care's collapse, the state has adopted a number of reforms to beef up oversight of private equity and protect consumers. chirblog.org/state-spotli...
State Spotlight: New Massachusetts Law Enhances Oversight of Private Equity in Health Care
Massachusetts has recently enacted a law to increase transparency and oversight of private equity in healthcare following the collapse of Steward Health Care, which exposed risks from private equity p...
chirblog.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The latest state in Gtown CHIR's State Spotlight series is...Massachusetts! In the wake of Steward Health Care's collapse, the state has adopted a number of reforms to beef up oversight of private equity and protect consumers. chirblog.org/state-spotli...
As Congress debates massive cuts to Medicaid and ACA, some on the right are suggesting that having health insurance is bad for people. Gtown CHIR's Karen Davenport takes this self-serving argument head on: chirblog.org/coverage-mat...
Coverage Matters: Enduring and Recent Evidence
As the federal budget reconciliation process heats up, Congressional committees will soon be drafting legislation that spells out the program cuts Congress will need to offset the cost of extending ex...
chirblog.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
As Congress debates massive cuts to Medicaid and ACA, some on the right are suggesting that having health insurance is bad for people. Gtown CHIR's Karen Davenport takes this self-serving argument head on: chirblog.org/coverage-mat...
The final webinar of GtownCHIR's Corporate Transformation of Health Care series focused on SOLUTIONS. Thank you Jane Beyer, Evan Klein, Charles Miller & Meg Garratt-Reed for sharing your insights. If you missed any episodes, don't worry! Watch the recordings here:
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chir.georgetown.edu/events/
Events - Center on Health Insurance Reforms
Health care is big business and is getting bigger. In recent years, health care mergers and acquisitions have ramped up, more corporate entities have entered the market, and maximizing profit has rise...
chir.georgetown.edu
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The final webinar of GtownCHIR's Corporate Transformation of Health Care series focused on SOLUTIONS. Thank you Jane Beyer, Evan Klein, Charles Miller & Meg Garratt-Reed for sharing your insights. If you missed any episodes, don't worry! Watch the recordings here:
chir.georgetown.edu/events/
chir.georgetown.edu/events/
It's not too late! There's still time to register for our webinar on the Corporate Transformation of Health Care - we'll walk through real world policy solutions with state officials and experts. 1PM ET TODAY! bit.ly/3Vl6sUZ
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Corporate Transformation of Health Care. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Health care is big business and is getting bigger. In recent years, health care mergers and acquisitions have ramped up, more corporate entities have entered the market, and maximizing profit has rise...
bit.ly
February 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's not too late! There's still time to register for our webinar on the Corporate Transformation of Health Care - we'll walk through real world policy solutions with state officials and experts. 1PM ET TODAY! bit.ly/3Vl6sUZ
So...if you thought this year's 'flu season was bad, buckle up. The FDA committee meeting to ID the strains for next fall's flu vaccine has been cancelled. This means vaccines won't be ready for their annual Sept roll out. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So...if you thought this year's 'flu season was bad, buckle up. The FDA committee meeting to ID the strains for next fall's flu vaccine has been cancelled. This means vaccines won't be ready for their annual Sept roll out. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
The corporate takeover of health care is impacting cost and quality of care but policymakers have tools to help. Join us Friday 2/28 at 1pm ET to hear from state experts on how they are tackling this issue. bit.ly/3Vl6sUZ
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Corporate Transformation of Health Care. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Health care is big business and is getting bigger. In recent years, health care mergers and acquisitions have ramped up, more corporate entities have entered the market, and maximizing profit has rise...
bit.ly
February 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The corporate takeover of health care is impacting cost and quality of care but policymakers have tools to help. Join us Friday 2/28 at 1pm ET to hear from state experts on how they are tackling this issue. bit.ly/3Vl6sUZ