Health Policy News Team Announces Fall Webinar & White Paper Release

Margot Thistle on September 30, 2020

On October 29th at 11am EST, the Health Policy News team will host a webinar to discuss the release of our annual fall white paper. This year’s topic is “States Take the Lead: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Ten Years Later.”

Given the upcoming election’s impact on health policy and provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), we wanted to take time to discuss the unique history of the ACA—particularly, how states have risen to the occasion, leveraged opportunities, and addressed gaps that resulted from changes during ACA implementation to make the law work best for their local needs.

The white paper will provide a brief historical context of the ACA, as well as the recent legal challenges that have called into question certain provisions of the law. The  main focus will be several areas in which the ACA has provided both opportunities and challenges for states. The paper will also highlight states that have shown an ability to be nimble, thus positioning themselves in a leading policy role on many key provisions of the ACA. Lastly, it will examine state reactions to major components of the ACA, including the individual mandate; approaches to Medicaid expansion; and the use of Section 1332 State Relief and Empowerment waivers in adapting the ACA to certain state population needs or policy goals.

We hope that you will join us and participate in this interactive discussion in advance of a busy election week. Please submit any questions or topics you would like us to speak about by emailing our team at healthpolicynews@pcgus.com.

We look forward to sharing our special October edition of Health Policy News featuring our white paper in advance of the October 29th webinar. The information to join the webinar is below and we will be sending reminder emails as we approach the date.

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Published by Margot Thistle

Margot Thistle, Esq. is a managing editor of Health Policy News who has spent much of her career working directly on Affordable Care Act policy and implementation, including having lead plan management operational and policy planning for Vermont Health Connect, a state-based exchange. During her time at PCG, Ms. Thistle has worked extensively with state insurance departments and state agencies on health policy, market stabilization, and regulatory compliance matters. Ms. Thistle provides broad policy and regulatory support to PCG’s other health care clients across the country, analyzing policy and regulatory developments, providing strategic advice relative to regulatory questions, and drafting policy briefs and position papers. Ms. Thistle still has her admission ticket to the signing of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006, the historical Massachusetts health reform bill that preceded the ACA.

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