OPEN ENROLLMENT IS HERE – ARE YOU READY? Open Enrollment begins Sunday!! If you’re looking for a promotional brochure to use for people with disabilities, then check out the new handout entitled “Time to Check Your Health Insurance.” This brochure was prepared by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities and highlights the issues consumers need […] Read More »
Archives for October 2015
Kaiser Publishes Health Reform FAQs
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a list of Health Reform Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). It covers some of the basics about the Marketplace, renewals and the individual mandate and also addresses much more specialized areas such as women’s health, immigrants, retirees and fluctuating incomes. The link for this valuable resource is here. The report can […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for August 2015
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from August 2015. To read the report from CMS, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Read More »
HHS Prepares for the Start of Open Enrollment
This morning, the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services held an ACA Open Enrollment Kickoff and Briefing. As part of this event, CMS previewed some of the changes made to help streamline the application process on Healthcare.gov. This was also addressed in the Fact Sheet CMS released on Friday. To read this […] Read More »
October 23, 2015
GET YOUR RESOURCES FOR OE3 – UPDATED NDNRC FACT SHEET ON VETERANS Open Enrollment Year 3 is just over a week away and the NDNRC has updated some of our materials to help you be better prepared. A couple weeks ago, we reported that we updated our population specific fact sheet “What to Know When […] Read More »
October 16, 2015
NDNRC RECEIVES YEAR 3 FUNDING We were pleased to announce this week that the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) has received funding for a third year. As part of that new year of funding, we are expanding our Community Outreach Collaboratives (COCs) from eleven to eighteen. The seven new locations will be located in […] Read More »
New Survey on Consumer Satisfaction for Those with Chronic Conditions
The National Health Council has just released a new study through their “Putting Patients First” project which looks at the customer experience in the ACA marketplaces for those individuals who have chronic conditions. Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), individuals with chronic conditions were usually shut out of the health insurance market as they were […] Read More »
New Kaiser Brief Provides Picture of Uninsureds
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides an even clearer picture of Americans who remain uninsured. According to Kaiser, nearly half of the uninsured in this country would be eligible for financial assistance either through premium tax credits or Medicaid if they would only apply (15.7 million out of 32.3 million). This does […] Read More »
NDNRC Receives Year 3 Funding
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to announce the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) has received funding for a third year. The collaborative will continue to be made possible by an additional one-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Persons with disabilities lacking current health insurance face multiple options […] Read More »
CMS Assisters Webinar Reviews Redeterminations
Last Friday’s CMS Assisters webinar addressed the issues that returning consumers may have when they are reconciling their Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTC) and attempt to get redetermined if they are eligible for APTC in 2016. So if you need a refresher on these topics, be sure to download the slides by clicking here. The recording […] Read More »