A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates that states that added work requirements to their Medicaid programs have spent millions of dollars to administer them. In fact, the GAO says that it could be over $250 million spent by states in just administrative costs to implement these work requirements. Read More »

A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation updated their analysis on how many individuals would be affected if the ACA’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions were eliminated. The analysis found that over a quarter of nonelderly adults have a condition which would make them susceptible to losing their coverage. Additionally, the analysis shows that […] Read More »

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED 2019 National Survey on Health and Disability We want to know how your access to health care and insurance may be affecting your life. The NIDILRR-funded Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) is looking for adults with disabilities to complete an online survey about health insurance and health care services. Whether […] Read More »

As we announced a few weeks ago, we will be working again with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) again to provide technical assistance to navigators and other health insurance enrollment assisters. As part of this work, CBPP will once again be conducting its fall “Beyond the Basics” webinar series and they have […] Read More »

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides the data which they found in their latest survey of employer-based coverage. Some of the main findings of the survey show that annual premiums for a family plan now top $20,000 for the first time and the average annual deductible is now double what it was […] Read More »

AAHD is excited to announce that we will once again join Community Catalyst and other partners in conducting outreach for Open Enrollment Year 7 (OE7). As was the case last year, this project will educate individuals about enrolling for health insurance for 2020. Community Catalyst, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is serving […] Read More »

* Updated September 26, 2019 AAHD is proud to announce that we will be working with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) again to provide technical assistance to navigators and other health insurance enrollment assisters. As part of this work, CBPP will once again be conducting its fall “Beyond the Basics” webinar series and they […] Read More »

A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that health insurance companies will be providing a significant number of rebates to consumers for the 2019 year. According to the analysis, the largest share of these will go to consumers who purchased insurance through the individual markets as over 2.7 million customers in the individual […] Read More »

A new report from the Census Bureau shows that the uninsured rate increased from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, the uninsured rate rose to 8.5% which is the first increase in the uninsured rate since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. The largest loss of coverage occurred in the Medicaid program as […] Read More »