COVID-19 & SEPs With the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), many people may have lost their health insurance coverage due to a loss of employment, or people who do not have insurance may be wondering if they can now enroll in a plan. There are Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) for which many of these people […] Read More »
Archives for March 2020
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 1 Day Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the tenth and final in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior blog posts, see last Friday’s news item. The Future of the ACA – Where Do We Go from Here? Over the last ten […] Read More »
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 2 Days Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the ninth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see last Friday’s news item. Other Benefits of the ACA In our previous blog posts, we have examined the advancements that […] Read More »
March 20, 2020
COVID-19 AND HEALTH INSURANCE With the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), many people who do not have insurance may be wondering if they can now enroll in a plan. Currently, individuals in states on the federally facilitated marketplace that use healthcare.gov are ineligible for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) because, as of the writing of […] Read More »
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 3 Days Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see last Friday’s news item. The ACA Expanded Eligibility for Medicaid Prior to the ACA, Medicaid eligibility varied greatly from state […] Read More »
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 4 Days Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see Friday’s news item. The ACA Provides for Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Health Insurance “Parity” For decades, health insurance […] Read More »
SEPs for COVID-19
With the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), many people who do not have insurance are wondering if they can now enroll in a plan. Currently, individuals in states on the federally facilitated marketplace that use healthcare.gov are ineligible for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) as the federal government has not authorized a SEP due to […] Read More »
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 5 Days Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see Friday’s news item. The ACA Prohibits against Discrimination in Health Programs In the first half of this series of blog […] Read More »
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 6 Days Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the fifth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see Friday’s news item. The ACA Prohibits Monetary Caps In the first four blog posts of this series, we explain the […] Read More »
ACA Anniversary Countdown: 7 Days Until the ACA Turns 10
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see Friday’s news item. The ACA Requires Every Plan Cover 10 Essential Health Benefits In yesterday’s blog post, we highlighted the […] Read More »