On Tuesday, the Brookings Institution held an event entitled “What’s Ahead for the Individual Health Insurance Market?” The event examined the effects that recent actions by the Trump Administration have had on the marketplace, including ending the cost-sharing reduction payments and proposing regulations which would allow non-ACA compliant plans through associations and short-term plans. The […] Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from December 2017. 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 role Medicaid plays in providing care for children with special health care needs. The brief is entitled “Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Look at Eligibility, Services, and Spending.” According to the brief, there were 14.2 million children with special health […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new “Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Which States Have Approved and Pending Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers?” The tracker is interactive and allows you to view the status of individual state waivers and what the states are doing in the areas of Medicaid expansion, eligibility and enrollment restrictions, work requirements, benefit restrictions […] Read More »

Open enrollment has now concluded in all the state-based marketplaces and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently reported the final enrollment numbers for the 2018 plan year. Despite the administration rolling back efforts to encourage enrollment, approximately 11.8 million people enrolled in a marketplace plan for 2018 which is only a drop […] Read More »

Today, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services expressing its opposition to the recent guidance that CMS gave to states regarding work requirements. * The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is a member of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Read More »

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED! National Survey on Health Reform and Disability The NIDILRR-funded Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) is looking for adults with disabilities to complete an online survey about getting and using health insurance and health care services. Whether you have private insurance, insurance from an employer, Medicaid, Medicare or no insurance please complete the survey. […] Read More »

The last few weeks we have reported on the latest moves by some states to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. The Kaiser Family Foundation has recently issued an issue brief entitled “How Might Medicaid Adults with Disabilities Be Affected By Work Requirements in Section 1115 Waiver Programs?” The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities […] Read More »

Last week, we reported on the new waiver which was approved by CMS in Kentucky which would allow the state to impose work requirements as a prerequisite for Medicaid enrollment. Yesterday, the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) filed a lawsuit challenging the approval of the Kentucky waiver arguing that it exceeds the authority provided by […] Read More »