Late last week, the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) released a report on their observations from providing technical assistance to navigators in six states (Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio). “Report from the First Year of Navigator Technical Assistance Project: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Next Year of Open Enrollment” highlights the […] Read More »
New Brochure Available to Assist with Outreach for Year 2
If you are looking for something to use to advise consumers that they need to review their plan and make any decisions regarding reenrollment, be sure to check out our new brochure “Time for a Health Insurance Check Up.” Especially geared towards people with disabilities, this brochure highlights the considerations a consumer needs to think […] Read More »
NDNRC Receives Year 2 Funding and Will Focus on Community Outreach
The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to announce the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) has received funding for a second year. The collaborative will continue to be made possible by an additional one-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Persons with disabilities lacking current health insurance face multiple options […] Read More »
New Insurers Enter Marketplace
Last week we reported that the state-based marketplace in Minnesota had one of its biggest carriers withdrawing from the market. However, other news from last week suggests that that is the exception, not the rule. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that this coming year there will be a 25% […] Read More »
Commonwealth Fund Addresses Premium Changes
As year two of open enrollment approaches, there have been a lot of news and other reports surrounding premiums in the marketplaces between 2014 and 2015. Many of the reporting is politically motivated to either support or criticize the Affordable Care Act marketplace. A recent blog post at the Commonwealth Fund explains why any analysis […] Read More »
Urban Institute Releases Report on Physician Network Transparency
One of the biggest considerations by consumers when choosing a health plan is which providers are part of the network. Navigators and enrollment specialists may be asked by those they are assisting whether or not a qualified health plan will cover physicians with whom they are already treating. Finding the answers to which providers are […] Read More »
New Report Addresses the Issues in Pharmacy Benefit Designs
The Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms recently released an issue brief entitled “Specialty Tier Pharmacy Benefit Designs in Commercial Insurance Policies: Issues and Considerations.” A prescription drug benefit can be especially important for people with disabilities as they are considering their options in qualified health plans. This issue brief draws attention to how insurance companies have started treating prescription […] Read More »
Understanding the Implications of Re-enrollment
Are you trying to understand the implications for how the federal government proposes to handle re-enrollment in the federally facilitated exchanges? Automatic re-enrollment at the previously determined Advanced Premium Tax Credit (APTC) will occur for the large majority of consumers in the federal marketplace, but this proposal could have significant impact on those consumers who […] Read More »
What States Have Released Exchange Plan Rates for 2015
If you’re wondering if your state has released information on premium rates for qualified health plans in 2015, be sure to check out the resource map from the State Refor(u)m run by the National Academy for State Health Policy. As of the writing this post, 12 states plus DC have released information: Colorado, Connecticut, District […] Read More »
Understanding Grace Periods
Do you know a consumer who has missed some premium payments? While many navigators know that coverage does not fully begin for a consumer until they make their first premium payment, you may not know that a carrier cannot immediately cancel a plan if a consumer misses one or more premium payments. In this week’s […] Read More »
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