RECAPPING DISABILITY WEEK OF ACTION
This past week was Disability Week of Action for Open Enrollment Year 9 (OE9) and we conducted many activities with the aim of encouraging people with disabilities to enroll in health insurance for 2022. This included three new blog posts which can be found at the following links:
- Monday: Welcome to Disability Week of Action!
- Monday: What ACA Coverage Means for People with Disabilities
- Wednesday: Important Statistics on Disability and Healthcare Coverage
Yesterday we hosted a Facebook live event entitled “How ACA Coverage Helps People with Disabilities” where we interviewed someone who utilizes marketplace coverage to meet their healthcare needs. You can view the archive for that interview on our AAHD Facebook page.
On Tuesday, November 9 we hosted a Twitter chat entitled “Coverage Is Inclusive.” You can still view the tweets from that Twitter chat by viewing the #OE9DisabilityChat. A special thanks to all our partners who helped promote and participate in our activities this week!
Disability Week of Action is just one of many the weeks which CMS announced prior to the start of OE9. The entire list of theme weeks can be found in our news item.
If you’re conducting enrollment assistance for OE9, 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 below which highlight the fact that you can now enroll in health insurance. These graphics are available in the Community Catalyst Outreach Hub.
If you’re assisting people with disabilities with enrollment decisions, we want to make sure you have all the resources you need to be able to assist individuals with disabilities as they consider their options on the ACA marketplace. Check out our blog post from last week for links to all of our NDNRC resources designed to help assisters as they help people with disabilities enroll in the marketplace.
Previously, we highlighted the Navigator Resource Guide from the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR). With many of the changes in the law this year as a result of the American Rescue Plan Act, the CHIR has updated the guide to reflect these changes in the law especially as it relates to the financial assistance available through the ACA marketplace. The CHIR has a new article which highlights some of the updates to the Navigator Resource Guide.
You can also check out the latest CHIR blog post which has their FAQ of the week dealing with “Who Is Eligible for Marketplace Coverage?”
If you’re looking for more resources for OE9, Young Invincibles also has an OE9 Materials Folder which includes toolkits in English and Spanish and social media graphics which are continuously updated.
Archives of our weekly updates are available on the NDNRC website.