We’re one month into Open Enrollment! For those of you planning to keep your existing coverage, make sure you’re eligible to auto-renew before you cruise into the new year. Our newest comic with Olli the NaviGator shares some steps you might need to take to stay current on your coverage. Check out HealthCare.gov to update […] Read More »

For Disability Week of Action, AAHD is excited to introduce you to Olli, the open enrollment health NaviGator! Over the coming months, our NaviGator will be a guide sharing helpful tips on Open Enrollment and how best to navigate your coverage to get the care you need. This week, he’s highlighting Open Enrollment itself, with […] Read More »

The Biden Administration has released long awaited final rules on a fix for the so-called “family glitch.” The family glitch was a situation when an individual had an offer of employer-based coverage that would not cover the rest of his or her family. If that occurred, the entire family was precluded from receiving premium tax […] Read More »

The HHS Office for Civil Rights released proposed rules this summer which address the enforcement of ACA §1557. Section 1557 makes discrimination illegal in healthcare settings as it relates to several minority groups, including the disability community. Comments to the proposed rules were due to be submitted this past Monday, October 3. AAHD joined comments […] Read More »

Young Invincibles has announced a series of webinars which they will be conducting throughout the month of October designed to help new health insurance navigators and enrollment assisters get ready for the upcoming Open Enrollment Year 10 (OE10). These webinars are specifically intended to provide guidance for those who are new to enrollment work, but […] Read More »

Young Invincibles will be hosting an Enrollment and Outreach Summit on September 28-29. The Summit is intended to highlight practices that have had success with enrollment outreach in years past and is meant for navigators and other enrollment assisters as well as those who are generally doing outreach around ACA Marketplace enrollment. The dates and […] Read More »

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 have announced the […] Read More »

At the end of last week, CMS announced the awards for organizations who will be acting as navigators for the upcoming open enrollment period. The $98.9 million being provided to the navigator organizations represents the largest amount yet going to this important consumer assistance program. You can read more about these awards in the CMS […] Read More »

Yesterday, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, and one of the healthcare provisions in the law aims to enhance subsidies for those who are buying their own health coverage through Marketplace plans. A policy watch from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights five important things to know about the renewal (a three-year extension – until […] Read More »

In April, we reported that the Secretary of Health and Human Services had extended the Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was in place for the COVID-19 pandemic. This past Friday, Secretary Becerra announced another 90-day extension to the PHE. One of the key things this means for people with disabilities is the fact that states […] Read More »