Health Insurance Jeopardy – Part 2 We are in the process of releasing a series of videos entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy.” For those of you who haven’t seen our presentation before, we like to say that a consumer looking at plans on the ACA marketplace is like playing a game of Health Insurance Jeopardy, because if you’re familiar with the […] Read More »
CMS Releases Enrollment Data by County
CMS has released a bunch of new data related to Open Enrollment Year 2. This new data breaks down enrollment numbers by county for all the states who utilize HealthCare.gov. This includes states with federally facilitated marketplaces as well as state partnership marketplaces and state based marketplaces supported by HealthCare.gov. Further, the data is sorted in numerous […] Read More »
NDNRC Presents Video Series
Health Insurance Jeopardy – Part 1 The NDNRC is proud to release a series of videos entitled “Health Insurance Jeopardy.” For those of you who haven’t seen our presentation before, we like to say that a consumer looking at plans on the ACA marketplace is like playing a game of Health Insurance Jeopardy, because if you’re familiar with […] Read More »
Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Reducing Churning
The Commonwealth Fund has published an article in Health Affairs which looks at churning and what can be done to reduce it. “Churning” is when an individual’s income fluctuates and they go between Medicaid eligibility and eligibility for coverage through the Marketplace. This can have a negative effect on people’s health as it disrupts their […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for April 2015
Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from April 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 »
RWJF Publishes Brief on Impact of Medicaid Expansion
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has released a brief through it’s State Health Reform Assistance Network program on the effect of Medicaid expansion on the costs for uncompensated care. The brief entitled “The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Uncompensated Care Costs: Early Results and Policy Implications for States” looks at nine states which expanded Medicaid […] Read More »
State By State Breakdown of Potential Impact of King Decision
Previously, we reported on analysis done on the potential impact of the King v. Burwell case (click here for last week’s news item). Now Families USA has begun to release state-by-state breakdowns of how consumers would be affected and even gives the breakdown by Congressional district. So far they have released information on the following states: […] Read More »
HHS Releases New Rules on Plan Transparency
At the end of last week, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released new rules on plan transparency for qualified health plans offered through the exchanges. These rules affect the Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) which are available for each plan offered on the exchange. The SBC is important as it is the […] Read More »
Kaiser Releases Analysis on Potential Impact of Supreme Court Case
As the end of June approaches, so does the Supreme Court’s decision in the highly anticipated King v. Burwell case. For those who don’t know, the King case will determine whether consumers in the federally facilitated marketplaces (FFM) can receive tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. It is a technical argument being made by the […] Read More »
The Commonwealth Fund Releases Report on ACA & Medicare
While most of the recent focus on ACA implementation has been on the Marketplaces and getting coverage for those who were previously uninsured, the Affordable Care Act was also meant to strengthen the Medicare program. A new report from the Commonwealth Fund looks at how that effort is going and what still needs to be done. “The […] Read More »
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