CMS Plans Major Upgrade to Faulty Account Transfer Process Between the Federal Marketplace and State Medicaid Agencies

Last week CMS announced plans to replace the technology and processes used to coordinate eligibility and enrollment through electronic accounts between the federal marketplace (healthcare.gov) and states that use the federal platform. The account transfer (AT) process, although riddled with glitches, has been in place since the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions began in 2014. […]

Urban Institute Report on Parent Health Coverage Finds Mothers of Young Children Showed Greatest Gains

Last month, the Urban Institute released a report detailing uninsurance rates between 2019 and 2022 for families with young children (under age 3).  The report revealed significant drops—for the children, for fathers, and most significantly, for mothers.  There were multiple factors contributing to these rises in coverage rates—pandemic-era continuous enrollment policies such as the Families […]