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Disability Resources for OE4

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Open Enrollment Year 4 (OE4) will be starting soon and if you’re looking for a promotional brochure to use for people with disabilities, check out the handout entitled “Time to Check Your Health Insurance.” This brochure was prepared by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities and highlights the issues consumers need to think about during […] Read More »

AAHD Joins Recommendations for Next Administration on ACA Enrollment

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The American Association on Health and Disability is pleased to join Enroll America in its five recommendations for the next administration to help keep health insurance premiums affordable and make it easier for consumers to enroll through the marketplace. The five recommendations are as follows: Invest in an aggressive outreach effort to reach the remaining […] Read More »

Access Board Sets Standards for Accessible Medical Equipment

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On Wednesday, the US Access Board approved new standards for accessible medical diagnostic equipment. These new rules were authorized by the Affordable Care Act and will ensure people with disabilities have access to and use of medical equipment, such as exam tables, weight scales, radiological equipment and mammography equipment. To read more about the new rules, […] Read More »

CHRIL Webinar Will Share Early Findings

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The Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) will be hosting a webinar later this month where they will be sharing the early findings from the first year of their research on the Affordable Care Act and people with disabilities. The webinar will focus on three research projects of the CHRIL: Gil Gimm will answer […] Read More »

Reeve Foundation Releases Policy Briefs on Paralysis and Health Care Access

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NDNRC Partner, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, has released three new policy briefs on paralysis and its effect on access to health care. Some highlights from the policy briefs include the following stats: 5,357,980 people – roughly 1.7% of US population are paralyzed. Of those, 1,462,220 have a spinal cord injury. An estimated 397,309 Americans – […] Read More »

NDNRC Videos Highlight Benefits of Medicaid

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Earlier this year, we shared a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation which estimated that approximately 8.8 million people remain uninsured but would be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP if they would apply. (To see our news item on that report, click here.) This week, the NDNRC has released three new videos which highlight the […] Read More »

New Kaiser Brief Addresses High Risk Pools

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Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), people with disabilities who were without employer-sponsored insurance or eligible for a public program such as Medicare or Medicaid were generally unable to get a private health insurance plan as they would be rejected for pre-existing conditions. Some of the ACA alternatives that have been proposed incorporate a […] Read More »

New Report Addresses Standardized Benefit Designs in SBMs

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A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute looks at how successful state-based marketplaces (SBMs) have been with implementing standardized benefit design. The report examined four SBMs, all of which allow non-standardized plans in addition to standardized ones. The four states were Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon. The study finds […] Read More »

Kaiser Brief Examines Medicaid Trends

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A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the trends in state Medicaid programs over the last 15 years. The information in the brief is a compilation of years of surveys conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Management Associates of the state Medicaid programs. In their brief entitled “Trends in State Medicaid […] Read More »

Kaiser Brief Outlines Effect of Medicaid Expansion

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Yesterday, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a new issue brief which outlines the effect that Medicaid expansion has had on both the rate of uninsurance and access to care. The issue brief entitled “The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Findings from a Literature Review” shows that the reduction in the uninsurance rate for states who […] Read More »