A new issue brief by Health Affairs examines the role navigators have played in the first two years of open enrollment and what role they can play in the upcoming open enrollment and beyond. The issue brief highlights the importance of navigators and assisters in reaching hard to reach populations and suggests potential partnerships with […] Read More »

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from July 2015. To read the report from CMS, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Read More »

Previously, we reported that HHS has issued proposed regulations addressing the non-discrimination provisions in the Affordable Care Act. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) has released a summary of these provisions looking at all the areas addressed. To download this summary, click here. You can also check out our blog post from earlier this month […] Read More »

Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell looked back at the progress of the first five years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and looked ahead to the third year of open enrollment which begins just over a month from now. The review of the ACA’s progress looked at new data available from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) which […] Read More »

The Kaiser Family Foundation has concluded its 2015 survey of employer-based health plans and issued its report. Some of the key findings show that premiums increased slightly at an average of 4% and that the number of companies that offer health benefits is unchanged. To download the summary of findings, click here. To read the […] Read More »

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has done a new breakdown showing the uninsured rates by state from 2013 and 2014 and the difference in the rates for those two years. Of course the significance of 2013 and 2014 is the opening of the ACA Marketplaces and the coverage they offered as of […] Read More »

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the enrollment data for year 2 of the marketplace as of June 30, 2015. As of that date, 9.9 million people had effective coverage through the marketplaces (both federally facilitated and state-based). CMS also reported that approximately 84% of these consumers were receiving premium assistance […] Read More »

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a notice of proposed rulemaking for the nondiscrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557 of the ACA provides that an “individual shall not … be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any health […] Read More »