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March 20, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 »

ACA Anniversary Countdown: 8 Days Until the ACA Turns 10

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This is the third 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 Individual Underwriting In our first two blog posts in this series, we highlighted the […] Read More »

ACA Anniversary Countdown: 9 Days Until the ACA Turns 10

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This is the second 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 yesterday’s news item. The ACA Provides for Guaranteed Renewability of Coverage In yesterday’s blog post, we highlighted the ACA’s prohibition […] Read More »

March 13, 2020

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COUNTING DOWN 10 DAYS UNTIL THE ACA TURNS 10 This month represents the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law and in just 10 days, the ACA will have been the law of the land for 10 years. Throughout the month we are highlighting opportunities for you to celebrate what the ACA […] Read More »