HHS Finalizes Sweeping Marketplace Changes (Part 3): Essential Health Benefits, Non-Network Plans, And More Katie Keith May 27, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/hhs-finalizes-sweeping-marketplace-changes-part-3-essential-health-benefits-non-network?utm_campaign=forefront&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-__QYV2PdZz3GX23rFLPReXp1u5-Xt13c5zJUfbC5L-javD_WMEzqMYII0mmogY46EoJsoWpePJxpOsPZQi65h_AVfYEw&_hsmi=421319073&utm_source=hasu This is the third article on the final 2027 payment rule. A fourth and fifth article will address changes to standardized and non-standardized plans, premium payment thresholds, and risk adjustment, as well as changes regarding exchanges, insurers, and agents and brokers.