OPEN ENROLLMENT IS OVER – CAN YOU STILL ENROLL? Due to the holiday, there will be no NDNRC Update the next 2 weeks. The next one will be sent on January 12. We extend our best wishes to you and yours for a very Happy Holiday Season. While open enrollment may have ended in most […] Read More »
Archives for December 2017
New Report Details Number of Children Affected by CHIP Funding Crisis
Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired on September 30. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families details the number of children which could be affected in the 25 states expected to run out of funding by January 31 and the nine states expected to run a […] Read More »
Tis the Season for SEPs
Open enrollment is over, but Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) may still be available to some consumers. Individuals who live in states which were affected by the hurricanes may be eligible for a SEP which extends enrollment until December 31. This includes all the counties in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina and […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for October 2017
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from October 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 »
Kaiser Report Examines Uninsured Population
The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new report which looks at some of the demographics of the uninsured population. The report entitled “The Uninsured: A Primer – Key Facts about Health Insurance and the Uninsured Under the Affordable Care Act” looks at the 27.6 million people who still don’t have coverage and asks why the […] Read More »
December 15, 2017
OPEN ENROLLMENT ENDS TODAY Today is the last day for open enrollment in the federally facilitated marketplaces (see below for more on deadlines in the state-based marketplaces). As of December 9, over 4.6 million people have enrolled in coverage through the marketplace, including over 1.3 million new customers. This also includes over 1 million consumers […] Read More »
CHIP Funding Ending: What Are States Doing
As we reported previously, federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired on September 30. While the federal government could still reauthorize CHIP funding, states have begun to recognize that the federal funding may not reauthorized soon and plan for the reduced funding (see figure below for dates when federal funds will be […] Read More »
Maryland Exchange Extends Enrollment Deadline
The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE) announced today that it has extended the deadline for open enrollment to Friday, December 22, 2017. Previously, the MHBE was following the federal open enrollment deadline of December 15. States which run their own exchange can set their own open enrollment dates in some of these states have an […] Read More »
December 8, 2017
ONE WEEK LEFT FOR OE5 There is just one week left of Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) and the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) has joined a statement of over 75 organizations encouraging people to make sure that they #GetCovered before the OE5 deadline of December 15. This statement can be found in our […] Read More »
AAHD Joins National Organizations in Encouraging People to Get Covered
With just one week left of Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5), the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) has joined a statement of over 75 organizations encouraging people to make sure that they #GetCovered before the OE5 deadline of December 15. This statement is as follows: DEADLINE LOOMS, “LAST CHANCE TO GET COVERED” WEEKEND OF ACTION […] Read More »