What's Next in Covering the Affordable Care Act - Tami Luhby

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This document outlines key topics to cover in reporting on the Affordable Care Act moving forward. It identifies important unknowns from the first open enrollment period and recommends finding stories about real people who gained coverage, how doctors and hospitals are handling new patients, the impact on small businesses, Medicaid expansion challenges, and preparation for the 2015 open enrollment period by insurers, community groups, medical providers, and businesses. Specific story ideas are provided on these topics.

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Title SlideWhat’s Next in Covering the
Affordable Care Act
Tami Luhby, CNNMoney

ACA
Primer
(Individual)

Most
Americans
have
to
have
coverage
in
2014

14
states
plus
DC
ran
own
exchange/36
used

Healthcare.gov

Penalty
is
$95
or
1%
of
income,
whichever
greater

Medicaid
expansion:
27
states,
plus
DC

ACA
Primer
(Employer)

For
big
businesses,
employer
mandate
kicks
in
2015

For
businesses
with
50-‐99
employees,
2016

Small
businesses
under
50
employees
exempt/use
SHOP

Employer
penalty

First
Open
Enrollment

8
million
signed
up

85%
get
subsidies

Young
Invincibles

Medicaid:
6.7
million

What
we
don’t
know

Who
paid
premiums

Who
was
uninsured
previously

Who
is
newly
eligible
for
Medicaid

??????

??????

??????

Finding
stories:
Real
people

Go to clinics
Talk to insurance agents
Chat with employees
Stop by community activists

Number
of
uninsured
Minnesotans
falls
to
all-‐Fme
low

Finding
stories:
Doctors/Hospitals

More
paXents

Sicker
paXents

New
pracXces

More
paFents
ﬂocking
to
ERs
under
Obamacare

Finding
stories:
Small
business

Will
they
provide
insurance?

Is
it
more
aﬀordable?

New
Hampshire
businesses
vexed
by
insurance
delay

Medicaid

Just
over
half
of
states
have
expanded

6.7
million
new
people
have
been
added
to
rolls

Can
doctors
&
hospitals
handle
the
load?

How
many
were
already
eligible?

In
Texarkana,
Uninsured
and
on
the
Wrong
Side
of
a
State
Line

Preparing
for
2015
Open
enrollment:
Nov
15

Insurers

Community
acXvists

Medical
community

Businesses

Preparing
for
2015:
Insurers

New
rates

New
deducXbles/policies

New
companies
entering
market

New
servicing
policies

Preparing
for
2015:
Local
acFvists

Outreach
to
uninsured

What
did
they
learn?

What
will
they
do

diﬀerently?

How
will
they
connect?

Preparing
for
2015:
PracFFoners

Hospitals

Community
clinics

Doctors’
oﬃces

Pharmacies

Preparing
for
2015:
Businesses

Small
businesses

Large
employers

SHOP
plans

Eligibility

Subsidies

Employee
choice

CiFes
brace
for
impact
of
‘Cadillac’
tax

Stories
to
do

How
are
people
using
beneﬁts

How
is
medical
community
reacXng

How
are
exchanges/acXvists
preparing
for
2015

How
are
insurers/businesses
preparing
for
2015

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