KING V. BURWELL – MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its long awaited decision in King v. Burwell and in a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that the subsidies available to consumers in the federally facilitated marketplaces (FFMs) were allowable under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To read our blog post with analysis of the decision, click here.

Earlier this week, CMS released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report for Medicaid from April 2015. To read our news item which includes a link to download the report, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.”

Last week, we told you about the new rules released by HHS which updated the Summary of Benefits and Coverage. (To read our news item on these rules, click here.) This week, the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) posted an article on their blog which goes over these changes in detail. To access the CHIR blog, click here.

Are you looking for local partners to help with outreach to the disability community? The NDNRC has funded eleven Community Outreach Collaboratives (COCs) for the second year of enrollment. The COCs will increase collaborations in the community, dissemination and outreach efforts and enrollment of people with disabilities in the ACA. To find a COC, click here.

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