HPIO policy brief explores state choices in AHCA

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio has released its latest policy brief, “State policy options in the American Health Care Act.”

Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act, a bill aimed at overhauling much of the Affordable Care Act. Although the AHCA is sometimes referred to as a bill to “repeal and replace” the ACA, it leaves many of the decisions to alter the 2010 health reform law in the hands of states.

Given the considerable flexibility in the AHCA for states, Ohio policymakers will have additional policy options available to them if the current bill is signed into law. The new HPIO publication highlights some of the areas in which Ohio policymakers will encounter new decision points.

In addition, the publication also provides estimates of the potential change in the average monthly premium for a silver-level plan from the ACA to the AHCA in several Ohio counties.