AAHD OPPOSES CMS’S MEDICAID BLOCK GRANT PROPOSAL AAHD is moving! Please note that there will not be an NDNRC update next week as we will be moving our office at the end of next week. The NDNRC update will return on February 14th. Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to […] Read More »
Archives for January 2020
AAHD Opposes CMS’s Medicaid Block Grant Proposal
AAHD has significant concerns about the Medicaid block grant proposal announced by CMS today and what it would mean for people with disabilities. Block grants may seem like they will provide greater flexibility to states, but in the end if the goal is to save money, it only means one thing – cutting enrollment or […] Read More »
CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid Block Grants
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to states on what it would consider if states wanted to implement a Medicaid block grant for their state. Block grants in the Medicaid program would change the formula for how the federal government reimburses states for running their Medicaid program. Currently, the formula […] Read More »
Issue Brief Examines State Efforts to Make Coverage More Affordable
The Commonwealth Fund and the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms have released a new issue brief which addresses what states have done to make individual coverage more affordable in the marketplace. The issue brief entitled “States Work to Make Individual Market Health Coverage More Affordable, But Long-Term Solutions Call for Federal Leadership” looks […] Read More »
January 24, 2020
LAST CALL FOR HEALTH INSURANCE SURVEY The NIDILRR-funded Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) is looking for adults with disabilities to complete an online survey about health insurance and health care services. For more information on the survey and to learn about the drawing they are having for gift cards, check out our […] Read More »
Brief Examines State of ACA Marketplace
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the state of individual marketplace as of the end of 2019. The brief entitled “Individual Insurance Market Performance in Late 2019” looks at the issue of whether or not the elimination of the individual mandate penalty affected the marketplace in any negative way. The report […] Read More »
January 10, 2020
OVER 8 MILLION ENROLLED This week, CMS released the final numbers for Open Enrollment Year 7 (OE7). During OE7, nearly 8.3 million people enrolled in a health insurance plan through healthcare.gov, including over 2 million new individuals. To learn more about the final enrollment numbers and for a link to CMS’s final Weekly Enrollment Snapshot, […] Read More »
Updated Summary of Posts and Resources on Medicaid Work Requirements
Updated: February 14, 2020 Medicaid work requirements have been in the news a lot over the last few years ever since CMS issued new guidance on it. Previously we had a blog post which summarized our news items and resources on this topic and this post is intended to provide an updated list. Some states […] Read More »
CBPP Recaps Medicaid Work Requirements
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has published a new blog post which summarizes what is going on at the state level on Medicaid work requirements. The blog recaps recent developments in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire and Virginia. Read More »
CMS Releases Final Enrollment Numbers
Yesterday, CMS released the final numbers for Open Enrollment Year 7 (OE7). During OE7, nearly 8.3 million people enrolled in a health insurance plan through healthcare.gov, including over 2 million new individuals. These numbers are for all of the states which use the federally facilitated marketplace and not the state-based marketplaces. These enrollment numbers do […] Read More »