Happy new year from the NDNRC!
Start this 2025 off with comprehensive, affordable, and accessible healthcare coverage.
Remember that next Wednesday, January 15, is the official end of open enrollment period (OEP) and the last day to enroll in coverage for the year. After this date, you can enroll in or change plans can only occur if you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period.
As a part of our partnership with the CBPP, we have updated Factsheets 1 through 16, excluding Factsheet 6 in anticipation for Open Enrollment (OE). Read an overall summary of relevant factsheets on our blog here. People with disabilities can expect to find a plan for less than $10 per month – visit HealthCare.Gov for more information.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 24 million people have signed up for health coverage in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Marketplace! Those who are eligible and looking for coverage can visit HealthCare.Gov to find quality coverage for $10 or less a month with financial assistance.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took a deeper look at the 2025 OEP data and found that 23.6 million people signed up, with 3.17 million new enrollees. Over 16.7 million enrollees signed up for a Marketplace plan, with 2.3 million of them being new to the marketplace.
The NDNRC wants to make sure that people with disabilities are aware of potential changes to their healthcare with the new administration taking office starting January 20, 2025. The disability community utilizes Medicaid, and the ACA Marketplace plans at a higher rate than those without disabilities due to their unique needs.
By updating this newsletter with resources and educational pieces on where disability health policies stand, we hope to ensure that the disability community continues to have access to accessible and affordable healthcare coverage no matter what changes occur in the foreseeable future.
The Centers for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a research report that reviewed that a Medicaid per capita cap would greatly decrease access to care for millions of people by enacting budget cuts and shifting costs to states. This cap would cut federal spending by between $459 billion and $742 billion, which would result in loss of coverage for people with disabilities, medical debt, and decreased quality of life.
CBPP continued to discuss this subject in another report on other anti-Medicaid proposals that would leave marginalized communities, like those with disabilities, without coverage, and increase health care costs for others. Tactics for this rhetoric which are important for Medicaid advocates to identify and educate on are:
- Creating a climate of scarcity
- Undermining Medicaid with false claims of fraud, abuse, and lack of integrity
- Attacking enrollees
The CHIRblog and the Association of Health Care Journalists released an updated health insurance interactive map. This provides an overview of health insurance coverage, federal/state policies, and regulatory agencies. This tool will help consumers navigate their health insurance coverage and access to services!
Use CMS’ partner tools and toolkits to conduct outreach for OE. This includes social media posts, images, scripts, themed weeks, webinars, and more! Outreach materials are available in multiple languages. Get covered or make changes to existing plans today.
The Young Invincibles have sample posts and graphics available in both English and Spanish for Open Enrollment. Find the resources below:
- Open Enrollment toolkit
- ACA4DACA Partner toolkit
- Week by week social media messaging calendar
- Graphics
Archives of our weekly updates are available on the NDNRC website.