Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Letter To Idaho Regarding Idaho Bulletin No. 18-01, Provisions For Health Carriers Submitting State-Based Health Benefit Plans

This document is a letter dated March 8, 2018, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to the Idaho Department of Insurance regarding the state's plan to allow health plan carriers to offer insurance plans that do not provide the level of benefits required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). CMS Administrator Seema Verma said that although CMS was generally in favor of granting states flexibility in insurance plan design, CMS could not approve Idaho's proposal because CMS is required to enforce the PPACA . . .