NEW FACT SHEET AVAILABLE ON PAST-DUE PREMIUMS Please note: with the Thanksgiving holiday next week, we will not have a NDNRC Update. The NDNRC Update will return December 1st. Earlier this year, HHS changed the rules for how marketplace insurers could address consumers who had fallen behind on their health insurance premiums. The Center on […] Read More »

REFERENCE GUIDES ON INCOME AND IMMIGRATION NOW AVAILABLE The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has two new reference guides to help assisters with income and immigration. To learn more about these guides or to download copies, check out our news item. AAHD is partnering with the CBPP on a project called the Consumer […] Read More »

OE5 HAS BEGUN!! Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) started this week. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has created a brochure entitled “It’s Time to Check on Your Health Insurance!” to help promote open enrollment. In addition to the link above, it can be accessed on the NDNRC website on the NDNRC Materials page. […] Read More »

OE5 STARTS WEDNESDAY Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) will start on Wednesday, November 1. The dates for open enrollment this year are different than they were in prior years as OE5 will end on December 15, 2017. These dates apply for marketplaces on the federally facilitated exchange (healthcare.gov). Some states who are running their own […] Read More »

AAHD TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY CATALYST OUTREACH PROJECT AAHD is happy to announce that we are joining with Community Catalyst in a new outreach project for Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5). Community Catalyst, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is serving as the national coordinating organization for an effort to spread awareness about the […] Read More »

NDNRC TO PRESENT ON CBPP WEBINAR SERIES As part of its Health Reform: Beyond the Basics webinar series, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has asked the NDNRC to present on “Assisting People with Disabilities Enroll in Health Coverage.” In this webinar, we will help you think about what questions a person with […] Read More »

AAHD JOINS CACH PROJECT WITH CBPP The American Association on Health and Disability (lead partner for the NDNRC) is happy to announce that we are joining a new project which is being launched by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The project, called the Consumer […] Read More »

GRAHAM-CASSIDY PULLED FROM CONSIDERATION Earlier this week, the latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as the Graham-Cassidy bill, was pulled from consideration after the Republican leadership in the Senate determined that there were not enough votes to pass it. This was after a CBO report showed that Graham-Cassidy would […] Read More »

VOTE ON GRAHAM-CASSIDY EXPECTED NEXT WEEK Next week the Senate plans to vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill, which is the latest attempt to repeal and the replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We have updated our blog post to provide more detail on the bill and include even more links to statements from organizations opposing […] Read More »

GRAHAM-CASSIDY BILL INTRODUCED This week, Senators Graham (R-SC) and Cassidy (R-LA) introduced their bill to repeal and the replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To read more about this bill, check out our blog post which includes links to the Senators’ section by section analysis and formula description as well as statements from organizations opposing […] Read More »