Earlier this month, we released three videos which highlight the benefits that Medicaid has had for real individuals. This week, we have released a new story from Marty and how Medicaid has helped her son. To watch Marty’s story, click here. The NDNRC Medicaid story videos are part of an effort to increase outreach for […] Read More »
New Report Suggests Improving Risk Pool
Yesterday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new report which looks at overall spending in the marketplace and what that means for the risk pools. Key findings from the report include the fact that per enrollee costs in the individual market did not change between the first year of the marketplace […] Read More »
NASHP Report Examines Churning
Previously we’ve reported on the phenomenon known as churning which is the process of individuals moving between Medicaid and private insurance. The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) released a new issue brief this week which looks at churning. To download a copy, click here. If you want to read more about churn, see our […] Read More »
NDNRC Videos Highlight Benefits of Medicaid
Earlier this year, we shared a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation which estimated that approximately 8.8 million people remain uninsured but would be eligible for Medicaid or CHIP if they would apply. (To see our news item on that report, click here.) This week, the NDNRC has released three new videos which highlight the […] Read More »
New Kaiser Brief Addresses High Risk Pools
Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), people with disabilities who were without employer-sponsored insurance or eligible for a public program such as Medicare or Medicaid were generally unable to get a private health insurance plan as they would be rejected for pre-existing conditions. Some of the ACA alternatives that have been proposed incorporate a […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for May 2016
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from May 2016. To read the report from CMS, click here. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” If you are looking for prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, we recently added a new page to […] Read More »
CMS Issues New Guidance on Coordination of Coverage between Programs
Yesterday, CMS issued new guidance on the coordination of eligibility and enrollment between Medicaid, CHIP and the Marketplace. To download a copy of the new guidance, click here. Read More »
Commonwealth Fund Looks at Insurer’s Profitability under the ACA
A new issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund addresses health insurance company’s profitability under the ACA. The issue brief is entitled “How Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Health Insurers’ Financial Performance?” Some of the main takeaways show that insurance companies that lost money under the ACA had not been profitable prior to the ACA […] Read More »
CMS Releases SHOP Enrollment Manual for OE4
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the enrollment manual for the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). The manual applies to the upcoming open enrollment period for 2017 (OE4) and applies to any of the SHOPs in states where the SHOP is federally facilitated. The manual also addresses some issues in the individual marketplace including […] Read More »
New Report Addresses Standardized Benefit Designs in SBMs
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute looks at how successful state-based marketplaces (SBMs) have been with implementing standardized benefit design. The report examined four SBMs, all of which allow non-standardized plans in addition to standardized ones. The four states were Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon. The study finds […] Read More »
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