HHS Pays June CSRs But Still Weighs Future Payments; Filing Deadline Tomorrow

HHS tells Inside Health Policy it has paid insurers the ACA's cost-sharing reduction payments for June, but is still deciding whether to make the payments going forward as the administration urges Congress to pass the American Health Care Act. Insurers have until Wednesday (June 21) to file rates for next year. Senate health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and House Ways & Means Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX) have both called for the payments to be continued and the president’s...