Milestone: Solicit stakeholder input on Exchange design
Stakeholder input will help the state gather ideas, test design concepts, and build the support needed to achieve the state’s strategic goals for the Exchange.
*Milestone details:
*Full name: Solicit stakeholder input on Exchange design.
*Relevance to the ACA:
The ACA requires the Exchange to consult with certain stakeholders related to carrying out the functions of the Exchange.
§1311 - Requires the Exchange to consult with health care consumers, small business representatives, state Medicaid agencies and advocates about enrolling hard to reach populations.
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Attached are four policy reports completed by the Center for State Health Policy and its collaborators at Seton Hall University School of Law and prepared at the request of New Jersey’s Interagency Working Group on the ACA. These reports, which examine critical exchange design issues, were funded by the Department of Banking & Insurance under a federal exchange planning grant.
This fall, the Center for State Health Policy also conducted an additional multi-stakeholder group forum examining exchange governance issues on behalf of the Interagency Working Group to contribute to the state’s exchange planning conversation. Please see the attached for a summary of proceedings.
New Jersey
Planning for Health Insurance Exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) establishes health insurance exchanges that beginning in 2014 will organize and facilitate the purchase of health insurance for individuals, families, and small businesses. Today, states are considering a multitude of design options for developing exchanges, including whether to defer responsibility for creating them to the federal government.
Attached are four reports by the Center for State Health Policy (CSHP) prepared at the request of New Jersey’s Interagency Working Group on the ACA. These reports, funded by the Department of Banking and Insurance under a federal exchange planning grant, provide estimates of the impact of the ACA on health insurance eligibility and enrollment in the state and summarize stakeholder views about the design of exchanges for New Jersey.