Open Enrollment Year 8 (OE8) ended yesterday, December 15 for marketplaces on the federally facilitated exchange (healthcare.gov). Some states who run their own state-based marketplace have an extended period for OE8. The following eleven states have deadlines for their open enrollment periods as follows: California: January 31, 2021 Colorado: January 15, 2021 District of Columbia: […] Read More »

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and most Americans will be expressing what they are grateful for as they celebrate the holiday. We thought we would take this opportunity to express why we are so thankful for the Medicaid program in this country and what it means for people with disabilities. So here are some reasons why we […] Read More »

For this week of Thanksgiving, we at AAHD are giving thanks for coverage as having adequate health care coverage can bring peace of mind for people with disabilities as they face potential uncertainty with their health, especially during this year’s pandemic. In the past, we have taken a look at What ACA Coverage Means for […] Read More »

This morning, the Supreme Court heard the case of California v. Texas which centers on the issue of the constitutionality of the ACA’s individual mandate. Previously, the Supreme Court had ruled that the individual mandate was a constitutional exercise of Congress’s taxing authority, but the tax penalty has since been eliminated as part of the […] Read More »

This is the tenth and final in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior blog posts, see last Friday’s news item. The Future of the ACA – Where Do We Go from Here? Over the last ten […] Read More »

This is the ninth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see last Friday’s news item. Other Benefits of the ACA In our previous blog posts, we have examined the advancements that […] Read More »

This is the eighth in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see last Friday’s news item. The ACA Expanded Eligibility for Medicaid Prior to the ACA, Medicaid eligibility varied greatly from state […] Read More »

This is the seventh in a series of blog posts celebrating the benefits that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides to people with disabilities. For the full list of prior and upcoming blog posts, see Friday’s news item. The ACA Provides for Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Health Insurance “Parity” For decades, health insurance […] Read More »