Health Insurance Jeopardy – Part 1 The NDNRC is proud to release a series of videos entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy.” For those of you who haven’t seen our presentation before, we like to say that a consumer looking at plans on the ACA marketplace is like playing a game of Health Insurance Jeopardy, because if you’re familiar with […] Read More »
Archives for 2015
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Reducing Churning
The Commonwealth Fund has published an article in Health Affairs which looks at churning and what can be done to reduce it. “Churning” is when an individual’s income fluctuates and they go between Medicaid eligibility and eligibility for coverage through the Marketplace. This can have a negative effect on people’s health as it disrupts their […] Read More »
July 2, 2015
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA & THE ADA!! With the holiday weekend, we are releasing our weekly update a day early. Have a safe and Happy 4th of July!! Also as America celebrates its 239th birthday this weekend, we also want to bring to your attention another big anniversary this month. This month marks the 25th anniversary […] Read More »
June 26, 2015
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 […] Read More »
King v. Burwell – Much Ado About Nothing
This morning, 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). Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts found that the ACA makes it […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for April 2015
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from April 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 »
June 19, 2015
KING DECISION IS APPROACHING The Supreme Court is set to release its opinion in King v. Burwell and the NDNRC is continuing to add more information about the potential fallout of that decision. Last week, we reported on an analysis which was done on the potential impact of King (click here for last week’s news […] Read More »
RWJF Publishes Brief on Impact of Medicaid Expansion
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has released a brief through it’s State Health Reform Assistance Network program on the effect of Medicaid expansion on the costs for uncompensated care. The brief entitled “The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Uncompensated Care Costs: Early Results and Policy Implications for States” looks at nine states which expanded Medicaid […] Read More »
State By State Breakdown of Potential Impact of King Decision
Previously, we reported on analysis done on the potential impact of the King v. Burwell case (click here for last week’s news item). Now Families USA has begun to release state-by-state breakdowns of how consumers would be affected and even gives the breakdown by Congressional district. So far they have released information on the following states: […] Read More »
HHS Releases New Rules on Plan Transparency
At the end of last week, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released new rules on plan transparency for qualified health plans offered through the exchanges. These rules affect the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) which are available for each plan offered on the exchange. The SBC is important as it is the […] Read More »
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