By: Michelle Lilienfeld and Hector Hernandez-Delgado
Executive Summary
In “Detrimental Effects of Allowing States to Waive the Essential Health Benefits,” Senior Attorney Michelle Lilienfeld and Staff Attorney Héctor Hernández-Delgado explain how the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act makes it easy for states to get rid of the Essential Health Benefits requirement and as a result leave consumers facing higher out-of-pocket costs and less access to basic health care services.