Last week, CMS released the latest enrollment report for the COVID Special Enrollment Period (SEP). The report shows that since the SEP began in February and through June 30, over 1.5 million people have received health insurance coverage through the ACA marketplace. Read More »

Earlier this week, the Biden Administration issued proposed rules for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. These proposed rules do expand the roles for navigators which is not surprising based on the increased funding that the new administration is putting into the navigator program. Another big change will be expanding the open enrollment period for […] Read More »

The Supreme Court today threw out the challenge from Texas and other states who were trying to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by questioning the constitutionality of the ACA’s individual mandate. In 2012, the Supreme Court had ruled that the individual mandate was a constitutional exercise of Congress’s taxing authority, but the tax penalty […] Read More »

Yesterday, CMS issued two reports which demonstrate the effectiveness of the COVID Special Enrollment Period (SEP) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) following the enhancements provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The 2021 Marketplace Special Enrollment Period Report showed that since the end of May over 1.2 million people have enrolled in coverage […] Read More »

A new report from HHS indicates that over 31 million people have been enrolled in coverage through the ACA. This represents an all-time high of enrollees through the ACA marketplace. Below are links to the report and press release. ASPE: Health Coverage under the Affordable Care Act: Enrollment Trends and State Estimates CMS Press Release Read More »

Previously, we had reported that the Biden administration was going to be increasing the funding for the navigator program for the 2022 plan year. Today, CMS released the Notice of Funding Opportunity which will provide $80 million to organizations to act as navigators in states in the federally facilitated marketplaces. To learn more, you can […] Read More »

According to a recent study by the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), determining health care coverage in Medicaid on a yearly basis would reduce health care costs as opposed to coverage based on monthly income. By basing eligibility on a monthly basis, people with fluctuating income levels month to month can qualify one […] Read More »

Yesterday, HHS Secretary Becerra acknowledged a milestone achievement – over 1 million people signed up for coverage on healthcare.gov since the start of the COVID Special Enrollment Period (SEP). This comes after the recent marketplace enrollment report which showed that nearly 940,000 people had been enrolled as of the end of April. To read more […] Read More »

Earlier this year, as one of its final acts, the Trump administration finalized a portion of the 2022 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). Several parts of this rule still needed to be finalized, so CMS has completed its finalization of the 2022 NBPP. The NBPP is the regulatory framework which CMS uses to […] Read More »