A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the potential effects of a nationwide work requirement for Medicaid. Kaiser estimates in their brief “Implications of a Medicaid Work Requirement: National Estimates of Potential Coverage Losses” that between 1.4 to 4 million people could lose coverage due to a nationwide work requirement. However, the […] Read More »

The American Association on Health & Disability is pleased to announce the release of our social media toolkit for Medicaid. The toolkit provides sample social media posts as well as graphics and relevant hashtags which can be combined to promote the importance of the Medicaid program and how important it is for people with disabilities. The […] Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from April 2018. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website. Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has just released a new issue brief entitled “Implications of Work Requirements in Medicaid: What Does the Data Say?” The brief looks at data that shows that most Medicaid enrollees who are able to work are working but could face barriers in meeting the reporting requirements due to lack of internet […] Read More »

As part of their Beyond the Basics project, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has released a new fact sheet to help assisters understand what the new tax law means for MAGI calculations entitled “How Does the Tax Bill Affect MAGI?” AAHD has partnered with CBPP on a project called the Consumer Assistance […] Read More »

Families USA has released a new issue brief entitled “How Medicaid Protects Children with Special Health Care Needs.” The issue brief explains how one in five children have special healthcare needs (or 14 million children) and half of them rely on Medicaid/CHIP for coverage. In some cases, the coverage Medicaid provides supplements private insurance for […] Read More »

Throughout last year’s open enrollment and the first part of this year, we’ve been involved in two projects promoting ACA enrollment – the Community Catalyst outreach project and the Consumer Assistance Coordination Hub (CACH) run by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). With the assistance of CBPP, Community Catalyst has just released a […] Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from March 2018. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website. Read More »

A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the effects that the Medicaid expansion has had in states on the access and affordability of coverage as well as economic effects, including employment. The brief entitled “Implications of the ACA Medicaid Expansion: A Look at the Data and Evidence” shows that states that expanded Medicaid […] Read More »

New analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the performance of the individual marketplace in 2017. The analysis shows that from an economic standpoint, insurers experienced their most profitable year yet in the individual marketplace since full implementation of the ACA started. Read More »