Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new direct enrollment process for individuals that will allow them to complete their enrollment directly through a third-party website. Previously, consumers who attempted to enroll in a plan through a broker, agent or insurer’s website were redirected to healthcare.gov in order to complete […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released an issue brief which examines how people with pre-existing conditions would fare under the AHCA when they experience gaps in coverage. The brief examines how states will be permitted to request waivers which would allow insurance companies to charge more to individuals with pre-existing conditions if they do experience […] Read More »

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from March 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 Arc has recently released a series of videos which highlight the importance of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the lives of people with disabilities and their families. For anyone doing advocacy on the health reform debate, these videos are great resources: If I could say one thing Meet Bryan Meet Thelma Meet […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released two new fact sheets which address important issues which would be affected by the AHCA. The first brief looks at how the AHCA could affect women’s health (“Ten Ways That the House American Health Care Act Could Affect Women”). The second brief provides an overview of the Medicaid program […] Read More »

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Before it passed, we posted an updated blog this week on “What the AHCA Would Mean for People with Disabilities.” After the bill passed the House, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) released a statement expressing concern over the passage of the AHCA. That […] Read More »

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) would turn Medicaid into a per capita cap where states would receive a set amount of federal assistance per enrollee which would be dependent on the category in which the enrollee falls. Two of the categories envisioned under the AHCA are seniors and people with disabilities. A new issue […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief entitled “The Role of Medicaid in Rural America.” The brief looks at the important role that Medicaid plays in providing coverage to 52 million children and non-elderly adults in the rural parts of the country and how Medicaid expansion has led to significant coverage gains […] Read More »

AAHD firmly believes that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was an important step forward for people with disabilities in providing greater access to health insurance coverage and we also believe that Medicaid is a vital part of providing health care for people with disabilities. We had previoiusly released a statement calling on Congress and the […] Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from February 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 »