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CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for October 2016

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from October 2016. 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 »

Medicaid Expansion Improves Disability Employment Rates

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An article in the American Journal of Public Health was posted earlier this week which examines the effect that Medicaid expansion has had on workforce participation for people with disabilities. The article demonstrates that the workforce participation rate for people with disabilities is significantly higher in states where Medicaid has been expanded v. states where it […] Read More »

Deadline Extended to Sign up for January 1 Coverage

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Due to the high demand to sign up for coverage this year, CMS has announced through Healthcare.gov that they are extending the deadline to sign up for coverage that would begin January 1, 2017 until December 19th. The deadline had been December 15, but consumers are being given four extra days to select a plan […] Read More »

Kaiser Brief Examines ACA Repeal and Medicare

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While there has been a lot of discussion around what a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would mean for the individual marketplace and Medicaid, many forget that the ACA also had reforms for Medicare. The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which examines the effects an ACA repeal would have […] Read More »

HHS Releases State-Level Data on Impact of ACA

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Yesterday, HHS released a breakdown of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had an impact on a state-by-state basis in all areas of coverage, including employer-based coverage, the individual market, Medicare and Medicaid. The data includes the fact that 20 million people have obtained coverage due to the ACA, but the ACA protections do […] Read More »

Kaiser Releases Brief on Repeal of Medicaid Expansion

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The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which examines the implications for coverage if the Medicaid expansion under the ACA is repealed. The brief entitled “What Coverage and Financing is at Risk Under a Repeal of the ACA Medicaid Expansion?” looks at the rationale behind the Medicaid expansion and what coverage and […] Read More »

CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for September 2016

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from September 2016. 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 »

NDNRC Releases Statement on Preserving ACA Protections

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Today, the NDNRC is releasing a statement entitled “Preserve the Protections Provided by the Affordable Care Act” where we call on the incoming Congress and Trump Administration to preserve key protections provided in the ACA which have a direct effect on people with disabilities. These protections include: Prohibition against denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions Guaranteed […] Read More »

New #CoverageMatters Campaign

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HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell launched a new campaign last month entitled #CoverageMatters. The campaign is meant to highlight stories of those who have been positively affected by the Affordable Care Act and the coverage that it provides. To read Secretary Burwell’s blog post about the campaign, click here. HHS has also developed a social […] Read More »