One of the proposals that Congress was considering as part of the ACA repeal and replace bill was changing the Medicaid program over to a per capita cap. The Commonwealth Fund has a new fact sheet out which explains how the Medicaid per capita caps work and how they would affect Medicaid beneficiaries. To download […] Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from January 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 National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has released an issue brief entitled “What Makes Medicaid, Medicaid?” This issue brief examines the unique nature of the Medicaid program highlighting some of the protections for beneficiaries of the Medicaid program and how Medicaid provides access to coverage in general and to providers. This issue brief from NHeLP […] Read More »

As part of the AHCA negotiations last week, one of the proposals offered was allowing states to add a work requirement for the Medicaid expansion population. While the AHCA has stalled in Congress, the Trump administration could still approve work requirements if states were to request a waiver and impose a work requirement on their […] Read More »

In the health care reform discussions, one of the common proposals put forward is the idea of covering people with disabilities and/or pre-existing conditions through high risk pools. The Commonwealth Fund recently released a fact sheet which explains what high risk pools are and how they work. To read the issue brief, click here. One […] Read More »

A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines what the American Health Care Act’s (AHCA) per capita caps would mean for those Medicaid beneficiaries who are also on Medicare. The brief entitled “What Could a Medicaid Per Capita Cap Mean for Low-Income People on Medicare?” explains how the “dual eligibles” make up about […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new issue brief which looks at the Medicaid program and people with disabilities and the effect that the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would have on this population. The issue brief entitled “Medicaid Restructuring under the American Health Care Act and Nonelderly Adults with Disabilities” examines what type of […] Read More »

Today, CMS released its final report on the open enrollment period for 2017. The report shows that approximately 12.2 million people enrolled in plans in both the federally facilitated and state-based marketplaces. The CMS press release also has links to data which shows enrollment at the state, county and ZIP Code level. To read the […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has released two new resources which examine how the premium tax credits would work under the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in comparison with the current structure under the ACA. The first is an issue brief entitled “How Affordable Care Act Repeal and Replace Plans Might Shift Health Insurance Tax Credits.” […] Read More »