A lot of the discussion on the AHCA has been on the issue of Medicaid and the restructuring that the AHCA would do to the program. The Alliance for Health Reform (AHR) conducted a webinar last week entitled “Where Medicaid Stands: From the AHCA to State Waivers.” The presentations from that webinar along with a […] Read More »
Archives for May 2017
Kaiser Infographic Looks at Role Medicaid Plays for Children with Special Health Care Needs
The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new infographic which examines the role that Medicaid plays in providing care for children with special health care needs. The infographic demonstrates the makeup of these children with respect to their age, race and family’s income level. The full info graphic is available here. Also, if you’re assisting a […] Read More »
NHeLP Fact Sheet Highlights the Faces of Medicaid
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has a new fact sheet which highlights the types of individuals who have been helped most by the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The fact sheet entitled “The Faces of Medicaid Expansion: Filling Gaps in Coverage” demonstrates that individuals helped by the Medicaid expansion have largely been […] Read More »
CMS Introduces New Direct Enrollment for 3rd Party Sites
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new direct enrollment process for individuals that will allow them to complete their enrollment directly through a third-party website. Previously, consumers who attempted to enroll in a plan through a broker, agent or insurer’s website were redirected to healthcare.gov in order to complete […] Read More »
May 19, 2017
HELPFUL RESOURCES IN THE BATTLE FOR THE ACA With the House passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) two weeks ago, the legislation has moved to the Senate. AAHD remains opposed to this legislation for the reasons stated in our two blog posts – one in March when the bill was originally introduced and […] Read More »
New Kaiser Brief Examines Pre-Existing Conditions and the AHCA
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released an issue brief which examines how people with pre-existing conditions would fare under the AHCA when they experience gaps in coverage. The brief examines how states will be permitted to request waivers which would allow insurance companies to charge more to individuals with pre-existing conditions if they do experience […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for March 2017
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from March 2017. To read the report from CMS, click here. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website here. Read More »
The Arc Releases ACA Video Series
The Arc has recently released a series of videos which highlight the importance of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the lives of people with disabilities and their families. For anyone doing advocacy on the health reform debate, these videos are great resources: If I could say one thing Meet Bryan Meet Thelma Meet […] Read More »
New Kaiser Briefs Examine Medicaid and the AHCA
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released two new fact sheets which address important issues which would be affected by the AHCA. The first brief looks at how the AHCA could affect women’s health (“Ten Ways That the House American Health Care Act Could Affect Women”). The second brief provides an overview of the Medicaid program […] Read More »
May 5, 2017
HOUSE PASSES AHCA What Its Passage Means for People with Disabilities Yesterday, the House voted on and approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and it now moves to the Senate for consideration. Back when the AHCA was originally introduced in March, we did a blog post analyzing what the AHCA would mean for people […] Read More »