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September 9, 2016

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POLICY BRIEFS ON PARALYSIS NOW AVAILABLE NDNRC Partner, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, recently released three new policy briefs on paralysis and its effect on access to health care. The briefs focus on paralysis in the United States, access to durable medical equipment and access to health care for people with paralysis. The findings in these […] Read More »

OE4 Navigator Grants Announced

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On Tuesday, CMS released the list of navigator grants for Open Enrollment Year 4 (OE4). This is the second of a three-year grant for the navigators on the federally facilitated marketplace. To read the CMS press release on the announcement of the OE4 grants, click here. CMS has also prepared a summary of the grant recipients […] Read More »

Reeve Foundation Releases Policy Briefs on Paralysis and Health Care Access

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NDNRC Partner, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, has released three new policy briefs on paralysis and its effect on access to health care. Some highlights from the policy briefs include the following stats: 5,357,980 people – roughly 1.7% of US population are paralyzed. Of those, 1,462,220 have a spinal cord injury. An estimated 397,309 Americans – […] Read More »

September 2, 2016

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PROPOSED RULES FOR 2018 MARKETPLACE RELEASED Last Friday, CMS announced its proposed rules for the 2018 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). The NBPP sets the rules for how the Marketplaces will operate, and they directly affect Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) which will be offered in 2018 (or Open Enrollment Year 5 – OE5). […] Read More »

CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for June 2016

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Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from June 2016. To read the report from CMS, click here. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” If you are looking for prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, we have a webpage that has all the […] Read More »

New Issue Brief Highlights Remaining Uninsured

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The Commonwealth Fund released a new issue brief last week which examines who the remaining uninsured are. The data for the brief came from their ACA tracking survey from February through April of this year. Some of the key findings include the fact that Latinos have become a larger percentage of the uninsured over the […] Read More »

August 19, 2016

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NEW NDNRC MEDICAID VIDEO AVAILABLE Please note that for the summer the NDNRC Update is being released on a biweekly basis. Earlier this month, we released three videos which highlight the benefits that Medicaid has had for real individuals. This week, we have released a new story from Marty and how Medicaid has helped her […] Read More »

New NDNRC Medicaid Video Available

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Earlier this month, we released three videos which highlight the benefits that Medicaid has had for real individuals. This week, we have released a new story from Marty and how Medicaid has helped her son. To watch Marty’s story, click here. The NDNRC Medicaid story videos are part of an effort to increase outreach for […] Read More »

New Report Suggests Improving Risk Pool

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Yesterday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new report which looks at overall spending in the marketplace and what that means for the risk pools. Key findings from the report include the fact that per enrollee costs in the individual market did not change between the first year of the marketplace […] Read More »