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1. Looking for something to take your mind off waiting for election results? Here's my weekly overview of what's going on in the world of health insurance & health care reform: https://www.healthinsurance.org/blog/2020/11/05/the-scoop-health-insurance-news-november-5-2020/ Lots of news this week, including non-election info. Summary in this thread...
2. First, a reminder that open enrollment for individual/family health insurance (ie, the kind you buy yourself, as opposed to getting from an employer) is currently underway. In most states, it goes through Dec. 15. Here's my guide to how it all works: https://www.healthinsurance.org/open-enrollment/
3. On Sunday, the Trump admin. approved Georgia's proposal to no longer have a health insurance exchange as of 2023. Here's the thread I wrote about that earlier this week: https://twitter.com/LouiseNorris/status/1323686642360659974
4. Read this from @AvivaAronDine about Georgia's plan: https://twitter.com/AvivaAronDine/status/1323009472143515648
And this from @clinkeyoung https://twitter.com/clinkeyoung/status/1323005596921200641
And this from @clinkeyoung https://twitter.com/clinkeyoung/status/1323005596921200641
5. There were insurance commissioners on the ballots in 5 states this week. Incumbents (2 Ds & 2Rs) won all of their races. In Montana, the current insurance commissioner was running for Congress (he won) and the Republican candidate won the insurance commissioner position.
6. Health care ballot measures were also on the ballots this week in a few states. Colorado voters approved a paid family/medical leave measure, but rejected a ban on abortions at 22+ weeks. California voters rejected new dialysis clinic rules.
7. OK voters rejected a measure that would have changed how the state's tobacco settlement $ is used, to provide the legislature w/ funding for Medicaid expansion. Lawmakers will be tasked with sorting out funding in the upcoming session. Follow @OKPolicy & @CarlyPutnam for more
8. A lot going on with the Trump admin's updated "public charge" rule. It was vacated by a federal judge a few days ago, but yesterday an appeals court stayed that decision, allowing the public charge rule to be enforced during ongoing litigation: https://twitter.com/LawFoundationSV/status/1324132758579412992
9. Trump admin's new health care price transparency rule takes effect in 2022/24 & will require most health insurers to make charges & prices publicly available. @AHIPCoverage argues it will drive prices up rather than down. Good thread from @nisha_kurani: https://twitter.com/nisha_kurani/status/1321910673425764352
