Description: "The always popular Medicaid Hot Topics session is back with discussions from an expert panelist on the most riveting Medicaid topics of the year. These could include the following: • ACA court battles - what are the potential impacts on Medicaid? • CMS continues to open the door for state flexibility - just what can states now do differently?• Where are we on Medicaid work requirements? • How will the changes to the mega-rule impact Medicaid?• High cost drugs and how states are sharing risk for them (carve-out, risk pools, risk sharing)• And more current topics of interest to Medicaid actuaries!Medicaid is dynamic and it is difficult to stay up to date on all of the changes. This session provides insightful discussion into the major changes that impact actuaries and their companies or state clients"

Description: There has been a proliferation of proposals to expand access to public health insurance plans, either to strengthen insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or to replace the ACA marketplaces or other health insurance programs altogether. These proposals range from creating a public plan that would operate alongside private plans in the ACA marketplaces, to allowing individuals to buy into Medicare or Medicaid, to expanding Medicare to all. The terms used to describe these various options are often used interchangeably but they would be structured differently and have different impacts depending on the implementation details. Panelists at this session will discuss the general approaches for expanding access to public plans and their potential implications.