Last Federal Market Integrity Rule: Implications for States
By Sabrina Corlette and Tara Straw*
The Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Providers (CMS) has finalized a set of coverage and operational adjustments referring to the Inexpensive Care Act (ACA) and medical health insurance Marketplaces. The administration’s targets for these rules are to vary Market eligibility and enrollment methods to stop “waste, fraud and abuse,” cut back premiums for individuals ineligible for premium tax credit (PTC), and restrict federal spending.
CMS acquired over 26,000 public feedback on its draft guidelines, together with from state authorities businesses, and representatives of insurers, suppliers, and shoppers. The rules are efficient on August 25, 2025. Total, the company estimates that between 725,000 and 1.8 million individuals will lose insurance coverage protection in 2026 on account of this rule. The rule is projected to cut back federal spending on PTCs by between $10.3 billion and $12.4 billion in 2026.
In a current article for the Robert Wooden Johnson Basis’s State Well being & Worth Methods mission, CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette and Manatt Well being’s Tara Straw dissect the ultimate rule and its implications for state-based Marketplaces and state insurance coverage regulators.
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*Tara Straw is a Senior Advisor at Manatt Well being.