Lawmakers Eyeing Federal Reinsurance Fallback In 2019

Lawmakers are negotiating a market stabilization package that would support states looking to administer a reinsurance program, but also provide a federal fallback program for states that are unable to get a state-based program set up by 2019, according to sources close to the talks. Under the plan, which takes pieces from reinsurance-related legislation proposed in the House and the Senate, HHS would hand the reins to interested states beginning in 2020 or 2021. The market-stabilization package would still include...