by Jordana Choucair | Dec 8, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new data indicating that 5.5 million people have enrolled in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace insurance plan in the first five weeks of open enrollment. That figure includes 1.2 million people who...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 28, 2022 | Access & Coverage
A federal lawsuit in Texas is challenging the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement for insurers to cover preventative health services. A district court judge in September ruled that the way certain preventive services are determined to be covered was...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Biden administration announced that nearly 3.4 million people signed up for individual coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace between November 1 to 19. Thus far, enrollment is up 17 percent from last year. The boost in enrollment comes as the number...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
The Urban Institute released a new policy brief revealing that 62 percent of Medicaid recipients are unaware that states will redetermine their Medicaid eligibility when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. Approximately one-third (30.6 percent) of respondents...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Senators Bill Cassidy and Tom Carper introduced new bipartisan legislation that would offer Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare-Medicaid Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) different options for Part D coverage. Currently, seniors on PACE...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2022 | Access & Coverage
Oregon will become the first state to make access to affordable health care a constitutional right after voters passed Ballot Measure 111. However, the measure’s impact is unclear because it does not outline how the state should ensure that everyone has coverage or...
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