Yesterday, CMS released its Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the sixth open enrollment period (OE6). Funding available this year represents a significant cut from funding levels in prior years. To read the CMS announcement, check out their press release. Applications are due August 9th. Read More »
CMS Releases Reports on 2018 Enrollment
Earlier this week, CMS issued three reports which summarize the final enrollment numbers for the 2018 plan year. These reports were on the Early 2018 Effectuated Enrollment Snapshot, the Exchanges Trends Report and the Trends in Subsidized and Unsubsidized Individual Health Insurance Market Enrollment. Read More »
Court Halts Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Requirement
In January, we reported on a lawsuit filed by the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and others challenging the work requirements in Kentucky which were approved by CMS. On Friday, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that CMS had not fulfilled its burden under the Medicaid statute to determine how the […] Read More »
Brief Examines What Nationwide Medicaid Work Requirement Would Look Like
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 »
Medicaid Social Media Toolkit Now Available
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 »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for April 2018
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 »
Kaiser Looks at Data on Those Affected by Medicaid Work Requirements
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 »
New Fact Sheet Available on MAGI Calculations and the New Tax Law
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 »
New Brief on Medicaid and Children with Special Healthcare Needs
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 »
New Report on Consumer Assistance in Health Insurance Enrollment
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 »
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