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Happy Birthday ACA!

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Today marks the 9-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has a new chartbook which outlines many of the accomplishments of the ACA especially in the areas of reducing uninsured rates across demographic groups. Thursday afternoon, we participated in a Twitter chat with Raising Women’s Voices and […] Read More »

March 22, 2019

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACA!! Tomorrow marks the 9-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has a new chartbook which outlines many of the accomplishments of the ACA especially in the areas of reducing uninsured rates across demographic groups. Yesterday afternoon, we participated in a Twitter […] Read More »

Update on Medicaid Work Requirements Litigation

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Previously, we wrote about litigation on Kentucky’s work requirements. There have been some recent developments regarding this litigation. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) recently participated in oral arguments on the litigation surrounding the work requirements in Kentucky. You can read more about those oral arguments in the NHeLP press release. The judge is expected […] Read More »

March 15, 2019

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ILRU SUMMER INTERNSHIP The Independent Living Research Utilization program in Houston, Texas is currently seeking 1-3 undergraduate and graduate students to participate in a summer internship as part of the Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL). The internship is 10 to 12 weeks and includes a stipend. Applications are due March 29th. To […] Read More »

March 8, 2019

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SEP RESOURCES The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently updated their reference chart on Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs). The reference chart goes through the available SEPs and provides helpful information, such as whether someone needed to be covered before and the timing for the SEP. CBPP also conducted a recent webinar on SEPs, […] Read More »

SEP Resources

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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently updated their reference chart on Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs). The reference chart goes through the available SEPs and provides helpful information, such as whether someone needed to be covered before and the timing for the SEP. CBPP also conducted a recent webinar on SEPs, and now […] Read More »

Kaiser Examines Premium Affordability

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A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the affordability of health insurance premiums for plans on the ACA marketplace. The brief entitled “How Affordable are 2019 ACA Premiums for Middle-Income People?” looks at the population of consumers who are above 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (“FPL”) and therefore are not […] Read More »

March 1, 2019

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RESOURCES ON MEDICAID EXPANSION Families USA has released a new fact sheet which looks at the impact that Medicaid expansion has had on state budgets. To learn more or to download the fact sheet, check out our news item. If you want to learn more about Medicaid expansion and where it’s possibly going, Health Management […] Read More »

New Kaiser Brief on Denial of Claims by Marketplace Plans

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The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new issue brief which looks at the number of claims which marketplace plans are denying and whether or not consumers are appealing those denials. Kaiser’s research shows that nearly one out of every five claims made to marketplace insurers are being denied, but the vast majority of those (over […] Read More »