Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and most Americans will be expressing what they are grateful for as they celebrate the holiday. We at the American Association on Health and Disability are taking this holiday to express why we are so thankful for the Medicaid program in this country and what it means for people with disabilities. So […] Read More »

As we have written about before, AAHD is partnering with Community Catalyst with an ACA enrollment outreach project (read about it more in this blog post). As part of that project, Community Catalyst has designated each week as a separate week of action. As a disability organization, we are especially thankful for the protections that […] Read More »

AAHD is excited to announce that we are continuing to join Community Catalyst and other partners in this year’s outreach project for Open Enrollment Year 6 (OE6) to educate individuals about enrolling for health insurance for 2019. Community Catalyst, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is serving as the national coordinating organization for […] Read More »

A previous analyses from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nationwide, 27% of non-elderly adults (52 million people) had a pre-existing condition that would have led to a denial of individual market insurance coverage prior to the ACA. Kaiser has released a new analysis found that nearly 4 in 10 adults would likely be denied individual insurance […] Read More »

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 »

Previously, we reported on a project we are working on with Community Catalyst which was aimed at spreading awareness about the open enrollment period. Earlier this month, we highlighted a new initiative they had on health insurance literacy and moving from coverage to care. They have now released a series of graphics to help highlight Special […] Read More »

Previously, we reported on a project we are working on with Community Catalyst which was aimed at spreading awareness about the open enrollment period. Now that open enrollment has concluded, the project is highlighting the benefits of coverage and how to effectively use your insurance (with tools like the graphic below). Resources helping people understand health […] Read More »

A new article in Inquiry: the Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing looks at how the insurance coverage rates, access to care and health care utilization have been affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the populations of those with and without disabilities among working age adults (18-64 years old). The research shows […] Read More »