Slavitt addresses viability of health insurance marketplaces, and more ACA developments

Implementing Health Reform. On January 11, 2016 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt gave a major policy address at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. His speech was clearly intended to address concerns that insurers have been expressing about the viability of the health insurance marketplaces, including allegations that consumers have been gaming special enrollment periods (SEPs) to enroll in coverage once they become ill and then cancel coverage when they regain health. Slavitt asserted that although the marketplaces are still young, they are maturing and moving onward from their startup phase.