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CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for May 2018

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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from May 2018. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website. Read More »

July 27, 2018

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RESEARCH SHOWS MEDICAID EXPANSION HELPS DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT RATES Note: through the summer months, we will be sending the NDNRC Update every other Friday. We previously reported on research that showed that employment rates for people with disabilities in states where Medicaid had been expanded was higher than in states that had not expanded Medicaid. The […] Read More »

Research Shows Medicaid Expansion Helps Disability Employment Rates

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We previously reported on research that showed that employment rates for people with disabilities in states where Medicaid had been expanded was higher than in states that had not expanded Medicaid. The researchers who conducted that study have done a follow-up to that report which confirms their earlier findings. The research shows that the employment […] Read More »

Kaiser Analysis Shows Magnitude of Navigator Cuts

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Last week, we highlighted the CMS Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the navigator program and the significant cut the FOA represents from funding levels in prior years. The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new analysis which breaks down just how far these cuts have been experienced in each state both from 2017 to 2018 […] Read More »

July 13, 2018

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CMS NAVIGATOR FUNDING ANNOUNCED FOR OE6 Note: through the summer months, we will be sending the NDNRC Update every other Friday. On Tuesday, CMS released its Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the sixth open enrollment period (OE6). To read the CMS announcement, check out their press release. Applications are due August 9th. Funding available this […] Read More »

CMS Navigator Funding Announced for OE6

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Yesterday, CMS released its Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the sixth open enrollment period (OE6). Funding available this year represents a significant cut from funding levels in prior years. To read the CMS announcement, check out their press release. Applications are due August 9th. Read More »

CMS Releases Reports on 2018 Enrollment

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Earlier this week, CMS issued three reports which summarize the final enrollment numbers for the 2018 plan year. These reports were on the Early 2018 Effectuated Enrollment Snapshot, the Exchanges Trends Report and the Trends in Subsidized and Unsubsidized Individual Health Insurance Market Enrollment. Read More »

Court Halts Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Requirement

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In January, we reported on a lawsuit filed by the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and others challenging the work requirements in Kentucky which were approved by CMS. On Friday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that CMS had not fulfilled its burden under the Medicaid statute to determine how the […] Read More »

Brief Examines What Nationwide Medicaid Work Requirement Would Look Like

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A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the potential effects of a nationwide work requirement for Medicaid. Kaiser estimates in their brief “Implications of a Medicaid Work Requirement: National Estimates of Potential Coverage Losses” that between 1.4 to 4 million people could lose coverage due to a nationwide work requirement. However, the […] Read More »