By Matthew B. Lawrence and Haley Gintis
Georgia has applied to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a waiver under the Affordable Care Act that would allow it to reshape its private health insurance marketplace.
HHS is accepting comments on the application through September 23, 2020. Commenters so far have raised various issues, including concerns about how the waiver would, if granted, impact access to treatment for mental illness and behavioral health conditions such as substance use disorder.
This blog post summarizes the revised waiver in Part I, changes from the original in Part II, and recent comments about its desirability in Part III.