Archives for 2019

On Friday, CMS announced the recipients for the 2019 navigator awards for Open Enrollment Year 7 (OE7). For OE7, CMS is awarding $10 million to be split among 34 different organizations. In addition, the organizations receiving the navigator awards will be funded for the next two years (OE7 & OE8). The full list of awardees […] Read More »

A new issue brief from Families USA analyzes the effectiveness of Medicaid work requirements. The issue brief examines what has happened in states such as Arkansas and whether the work requirements have accomplished their stated goal of getting Medicaid recipients back to work. The brief demonstrates that the work requirements have only served to reduce […] Read More »

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation details the data on the amount of people covered through the ACA exchanges through the first quarter of 2019. The data shows that enrollment for the first quarter of 2019 is at 13.7 million people, down approximately 5% compared to the first quarter of 2018. However, this […] Read More »

Previously, we reported on the proposed regulations which would amend the rules enforcing §1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which is the civil rights section of the ACA. Comments were due on the proposed regulations last week and AAHD joined the comment letters of three coalitions expressing concerns over the proposed changes. The three coalition […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief on a literature review it conducted of all the research done on the effects of Medicaid expansion. The literature review entitled “The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Updated Findings from a Literature Review” examined the effects of Medicaid expansion on several areas including: […] Read More »

A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the relationship between Medicaid and work. The issue brief entitled “Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid and Work: What Does the Data Say?” details how many people who are Medicaid beneficiaries are already working, as 63% of Medicaid beneficiaries are working. The report also covers […] Read More »