The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has two new explanatory videos on immigrant subsidy eligibility and the auto-renewal process. These videos are available on CBPP’s Health YouTube channel: Special Subsidy Eligibility: Assisting Lawfully Present Individuals Who Don’t Qualify for Medicaid Based on Immigration Status Healthcare.gov Auto-Renewal Process for 2018 The slides for this […] Read More »
Archives for November 2017
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for September 2017
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from September 2017. 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. Read More »
November 17, 2017
NEW FACT SHEET AVAILABLE ON PAST-DUE PREMIUMS Please note: with the Thanksgiving holiday next week, we will not have a NDNRC Update. The NDNRC Update will return December 1st. Earlier this year, HHS changed the rules for how marketplace insurers could address consumers who had fallen behind on their health insurance premiums. The Center on […] Read More »
New Fact Sheet Available on Past-Due Premiums
Earlier this year, HHS changed the rules for how marketplace insurers could respond to consumers who had fallen behind on their health insurance premiums. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has released a new fact sheet as part of its Health Reform: Beyond the Basics series. The fact sheet is entitled “Key Facts You […] Read More »
Brief Examines How Many Consumers’ Premiums Would Be Less Than the Tax Penalty
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which examines how many consumers would be able to purchase plans through the marketplace for premiums that would be lower than the tax penalty they would have to pay. The issue brief entitled “How Many of the Uninsured Can Purchase a Marketplace Plan for Less […] Read More »
November 10, 2017
REFERENCE GUIDES ON INCOME AND IMMIGRATION NOW AVAILABLE The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has two new reference guides to help assisters with income and immigration. To learn more about these guides or to download copies, check out our news item. AAHD is partnering with the CBPP on a project called the Consumer […] Read More »
New Reference Guides from CBPP
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has two new reference guides to help assisters with income and immigration. The guide “Yearly Guidelines and Thresholds” has helpful information including the federal poverty level for 2018, what the threshold is for affordability in employer-sponsored coverage and what the out-of-pocket maximums are for 2018. “Reference Guide to […] Read More »
Report Examines What States Did to Avoid Bare Counties
The Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) along with the Urban Institute have released a new report which examines what states and insurance companies did to prevent consumers to go without an option for coverage on the 2018 marketplace. “Stepping into the Breach: How States and Insurers Worked Together to Prevent Bare Counties […] Read More »
November 3, 2017
OE5 HAS BEGUN!! Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) started this week. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has created a brochure entitled “It’s Time to Check on Your Health Insurance!” to help promote open enrollment. In addition to the link above, it can be accessed on the NDNRC website on the NDNRC Materials page. […] Read More »
Brief Examines Effect that Losing CSRs Have on Premiums
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the effect that the potential loss of the cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) have had on premiums for 2018. “How the Loss of Cost-Sharing Subsidy Payments is Affecting 2018 Premiums” looks at what insurance companies have done to offset the potential loss of funding that would’ve come […] Read More »