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 »

On Friday, CMS announced the recipients for the 2019 navigator awards for Open Enrollment Year 7 (OE7). For OE7, CMS is awarding $10 million to be split among 34 different organizations. In addition, the organizations receiving the navigator awards will be funded for the next two years (OE7 & OE8). The full list of awardees […] Read More »

A new issue brief from Families USA analyzes the effectiveness of Medicaid work requirements. The issue brief examines what has happened in states such as Arkansas and whether the work requirements have accomplished their stated goal of getting Medicaid recipients back to work. The brief demonstrates that the work requirements have only served to reduce […] Read More »

A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation details the data on the amount of people covered through the ACA exchanges through the first quarter of 2019. The data shows that enrollment for the first quarter of 2019 is at 13.7 million people, down approximately 5% compared to the first quarter of 2018. However, this […] Read More »

Previously, we reported on the proposed regulations which would amend the rules enforcing §1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which is the civil rights section of the ACA. Comments were due on the proposed regulations last week and AAHD joined the comment letters of three coalitions expressing concerns over the proposed changes. The three coalition […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief on a literature review it conducted of all the research done on the effects of Medicaid expansion. The literature review entitled “The Effects of Medicaid Expansion under the ACA: Updated Findings from a Literature Review” examined the effects of Medicaid expansion on several areas including: […] Read More »