Grantee Name
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Funding Area
Expanding Health Care Coverage
Publication Date
July 2015
Grant Amount
$79,083
Grant Date:
December 2010 – August 2011
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required that residents in all 50 states have access to a health insurance exchange by 2014.
The exchanges created central marketplaces where individuals and employers can compare the benefit options and costs of all public and subsidized private insurance options available in their geographic area. Since the exchanges became fully operational in 2014, they have played a major role in the purchase of private health insurance by individuals across the United States. The ACA provided significant flexibility to states to design their own exchanges, but the exchanges needed to be ready to begin accepting applications by October 1, 2013.
In response to the quick pace of decision-making needed to shape the exchanges, NYHealth awarded Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (MI) a grant to examine ways to incorporate market-oriented and consumer choice-focused approaches into the design of New York State’s health insurance exchange.