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Kaiser Brief Examines Tax Penalty

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The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which looks at the tax penalty for not fulfilling the requirements of the individual mandate by not having minimum essential coverage through a qualified health plan. The penalty per adult for the first year of open enrollment was $95 per adult and increased to $325 in […] Read More »

CMS Webinar Slides Available

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Last Friday we presented on the CMS Assisters webinar. If you missed that presentation, we’ve archived the slides and they can be accessed by clicking here. They are also available on our Webinars/Presentations page. Finally, CMS does have the webinar archived currently and it can be viewed by clicking here and registering. Read More »

December 4, 2015

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NDNRC PRESENTING TODAY ON CMS ASSISTERS WEBINAR Join us later today as we’ll be presenting on the CMS Assisters webinar this afternoon at 2:00 PM ET. Along with a general overview of the resources available through the NDNRC, we will be presenting our newest “Health Insurance Jeopardy” round which will focus on the population specific […] Read More »

NDNRC Presenting on the Friday CMS Webinar

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As we previously reported in our weekly newsletter, we are going to be presenting on the CMS Assisters webinar this coming Friday, December 4 at 2:00 PM ET. Along with a general overview of the resources available through the NDNRC, we will be presenting our newest “Health Insurance Jeopardy” round which will focus on the population […] Read More »

New Kaiser Brief Looks at Medicaid Expansion Waivers

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Many of the newer states that expanded Medicaid have done so in a less traditional way as they expanded Medicaid through a waiver. A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation reviews what these six states are doing or are planning to do. The six states are Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana and New […] Read More »

Kaiser Updates Calculator for OE3

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The Kaiser Family Foundation has updated their Marketplace Calculator for OE3. Their calculator tool gives a basic snapshot of what financial assistance consumers could potentially receive and approximately how much a silver plan will cost the consumer taking into account any tax credit for which they would be eligible. Subsidies change from year-to-year depending on what plans are […] Read More »

November 20, 2015

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NDNRC TO PRESENT ON CMS ASSISTERS WEBINAR We are pleased to report that the NDNRC will be presenting on the CMS Weekly Assister webinar in two weeks on Friday, December 4th at 2:00 PM ET. While specific registration information is not available, we will post it on our website as soon as we have it, […] Read More »

Kaiser Issue Brief on Savings Available when Shopping for Coverage

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A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the potential savings consumers would find if they actively shopped for their 2016 coverage rather than allowing themselves be passively re-enrolled. Kaiser found that that in 73 percent of counties in the federally facilitated marketplaces, people who were enrolled in the lowest-cost silver plan for 2015 […] Read More »

Toolkit Available to Help Enroll Justice Population

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The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has released a toolkit to show what states are doing to enroll individuals being released from the justice system. Specifically, they look at Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington & Wisconsin. To access the NASHP toolkit, click here. Read More »