OE9 STARTS MONDAY! Open Enrollment Year 9 (OE9) starts Monday and AAHD has the resources you need as you assist people with disabilities enroll in health insurance! AAHD is once again working with Community Catalyst and other partners in conducting outreach to educate individuals about the ACA Marketplace. This outreach includes graphics like the one […] Read More »
Archives for October 2021
October 22, 2021
OE9 IS 10 DAYS AWAY! Open Enrollment Year 9 (OE9) is just over a week away and CMS has announced a series of theme weeks that will occur throughout OE9. This includes one from November 7-13 for Disability Week of Action. The entire list of theme weeks can be found in our news item. With […] Read More »
CMS Announces Theme Weeks for OE9
CMS has announced a series of theme weeks that will occur throughout Open Enrollment Year 9, including one from November 7-13 for Disability Week of Action. The entire list of theme weeks are as follows: November 2021 Week of November 1 Open Enrollment Begins Week of November 7th Black Americans Week of Action Pre-Existing Conditions/Disability […] Read More »
CMS Assister Training Modules Available
CMS has released a series of assister training modules. The topics and links for these modules are below: Assisting Consumers with Enrollment: Video | Transcript Plan Comparison and Selection Simulation: Video | Transcript Redetermination, Reenrollment, and Changes in Circumstances: Video | Transcript Read More »
October 15, 2021
AAHD WEBINAR ARCHIVED Last week, we highlighted a webinar we were doing with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to navigators and other health insurance enrollment assisters on best practices for assisting people with disabilities as they enroll in health care insurance. This was part of CBPP’s fall “Beyond the Basics” webinar series […] Read More »
October 8, 2021
AAHD WEBINAR ON ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES For Open Enrollment Year 9 (OE9), AAHD is working with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) again to provide technical assistance to navigators and other health insurance enrollment assisters, and we will be conducting a webinar on disability issues this coming week. Over the […] Read More »
October 1, 2021
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO COVERAGE AND CARE Currently, there are proposals in Congress which are being considered which could increase access to both coverage and care and two new reports highlight the benefits that those proposals could have. Justice in Aging has released a fact sheet along with the Medicare Rights Center which highlights […] Read More »