APRIL IS MEDICAID AWARENESS MONTH April is Medicaid Awareness Month and the Protect Our Care Coalition has set up a website to highlight the importance that Medicaid plays for millions of Americans. It can be found at https://www.medicaidawareness.com/. If you missed it earlier this month, we’ve updated our Medicaid Social Media Toolkit. The toolkit provides […] Read More »

NEW INTERACTIVE TOOLS FROM KAISER Are you interested in learning more about all the health care proposals which have been introduced in the new Congress? Kaiser has a new interactive tool which allows you to compare many of the various proposals which been introduced and see how each one addresses various issues such as eligibility, […] Read More »

UPDATED MEDICAID SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT AVAILABLE! The American Association on Health & Disability is pleased to announce that we recently updated our Medicaid Social Media Toolkit. As was the case with the prior toolkit, it provides sample social media posts and now divides them into areas highlighting Medicaid facts, impacted populations and benefits. Along with […] Read More »

JUDGE STRIKES DOWN MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS On Wednesday, a federal judge struck down the Medicaid work requirements and blocked their continued enforcement in both Kentucky and Arkansas. The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) was involved with this litigation and has issued a press release which includes links to the decisions in both the Kentucky and […] Read More »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACA!! Tomorrow marks the 9-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) becoming law. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has a new chartbook which outlines many of the accomplishments of the ACA especially in the areas of reducing uninsured rates across demographic groups. Yesterday afternoon, we participated in a Twitter […] Read More »

ILRU SUMMER INTERNSHIP The Independent Living Research Utilization program in Houston, Texas is currently seeking 1-3 undergraduate and graduate students to participate in a summer internship as part of the Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL). The internship is 10 to 12 weeks and includes a stipend. Applications are due March 29th. To […] Read More »

SEP RESOURCES The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently updated their reference chart on Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs). The reference chart goes through the available SEPs and provides helpful information, such as whether someone needed to be covered before and the timing for the SEP. CBPP also conducted a recent webinar on SEPs, […] Read More »

RESOURCES ON MEDICAID EXPANSION Families USA has released a new fact sheet which looks at the impact that Medicaid expansion has had on state budgets. To learn more or to download the fact sheet, check out our news item. If you want to learn more about Medicaid expansion and where it’s possibly going, Health Management […] Read More »

AAHD JOINS COMMENT LETTER ON NBPP The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) has joined a sign-on letter with 87 organizations in the “I Am Essential” Coalition responding to the proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). AAHD is also a member of the CCD Health Task Force which also submitted a comment letter. […] Read More »

TIS THE SEASON FOR SEPS With Open Enrollment Year 6 (OE6) clearly in our rearview, the focus now turns to helping consumers enroll who are entitled to a Special Enrollment Period (SEP). We are continuing to work with Community Catalyst and other partners to make sure that consumers are aware when they are entitled to […] Read More »