Throughout the debate on health reform this year, there’s been a lot of discussion regarding the stability of the current health insurance marketplaces. The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which examines how stable the individual marketplace is in the first part of 2017. To download a copy of the issue brief, […] Read More »

Yesterday, the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) was pleased to co-sponsor a bi-partisan congressional briefing on “The Value of Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices”. This briefing highlighted the impact of rehabilitation and habilitation services and therapies and the impact of prosthetics, orthotics, durable medical equipment, and other assistive devices. Speakers included Senator Tammy Duckworth […] Read More »

The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, a national disability coalition of which AAHD is a member, has released a statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s score of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from April 2017. To read the report from CMS, click here. 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 here. Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new interactive state-by-state map which shows the current statistics which would be affected by the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Statistics included for each state include: the number of Medicaid enrollees, the number of Medicaid expansion enrollees, the number of marketplace enrollees, the number of marketplace […] Read More »

The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is pleased to co-sponsor a congressional briefing on “The Value of Rehabilitation and Habilitation Services and Devices”. This bipartisan briefing will occur on Tuesday, June 27 at 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-106. The speakers and content of the briefing […] Read More »

There are two new reports which address how the Medicaid per capita caps under the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would affect Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a report entitled “Medicaid Cuts in House ACA Repeal Bill Would Limit Availability of Home and Community-Based Services” which […] Read More »

One of the key provisions of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) is to change federal funding for the Medicaid program to a per capita cap. This would involve setting amounts the state would get per enrollee depending on what eligibility group they fall into for Medicaid. A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation […] Read More »

Two new reports from the Kaiser Family Foundation examine some of the effects that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would have. The reports and links for them are as follows: State Flexibility to Address Health Insurance Challenges under the American Health Care Act, H.R. 1628 How ACA Repeal and Replace Proposals Could Affect Coverage and […] Read More »

The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families has published a new report on the effect of Medicaid in rural America. The report entitled “Medicaid in Small Towns and Rural America: A lifeline for Children, Families, and Communities” can be downloaded here. Read More »