HHS ISSUES FINAL §1557 RULES Throughout the summer, we will be publishing the NDNRC Update on a biweekly basis. Earlier this month, HHS issued its final rules for §1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 is the civil rights portion of the ACA and prohibits discrimination in health care settings for a variety of […] Read More »
Archives for June 2020
How Many People Could Be Covered If All States Expanded Medicaid?
The Kaiser Family Foundation has done the analysis of how many people could be covered if the remaining 14 states were to expand their Medicaid populations. The analysis by Kaiser finds that 4.7 million people would be eligible to access coverage through Medicaid if their state was to expand their Medicaid population. Read More »
HHS Issues Final 1557 Rules
This past Friday, HHS issued its final rules for §1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 is the civil rights portion of the ACA and prohibits discrimination in health care settings for a variety of populations, including people with disabilities. Links for the final rules as well as the HHS press release and fact […] Read More »
June 12, 2020
NEW REPORTS ON COVID-19 & DISABILITY SURVEY Throughout the summer, we will be publishing the NDNRC Update on a biweekly basis. If you missed it last month, we began releasing reports and summaries from our COVID-19 & Disability Survey which we conducted from April 17th – May 1st. The purpose of the survey was to […] Read More »
Medicaid Enrollment Up as a Result of COVID-19
A new report from the National Academy on State Health Policy (NASHP) indicates that Medicaid enrollment has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a post on the NASHP blog, they detail increase enrollment trends in Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The blog also cites […] Read More »
