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Express Lane Stays Open for Another Year (and other extensions)

It’s been a while since we checked in on efforts to extend some expiring CHIPRA provisions and other important programs for children. The most viable legislative vehicle for these “extenders” in recent years has been the Medicare payment fix (i.e. Sustainable Growth Rate, or so-called “Doc Fix” ). Say Ahhh! readers may remember that the…

April 1, 2014

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Elisabeth Wright Burak

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Enrollment in Healthcare.Gov Exceeds Expectations

Today the Obama Administration announced that more than 7 million people had signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov. This exceeds projections made by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office made before the famously troubled website rolled out last fall. I hope this good news will get as much coverage as the saturation coverage the website’s…

April 1, 2014

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Joan Alker

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The Tipping Point: New Hampshire Becomes 26th State to Expand Medicaid!

New Hampshire Governor Hassan signed bipartisan Medicaid expansion legislation into law yesterday, and my home state becomes the twenty-sixth (plus D.C.) to expand health coverage to the state’s lowest income adults. Although New Hampshire is moving toward an Arkansas-like private option, rather than delay implementation, in May the state will begin providing premium assistance to…

March 28, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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New Tools to Help Consumers Compare Health Plans

By Christine Monahan Over the last several months, faculty and staff at CHIR and their sister Center, Georgetown’s Center for Children and Families (CCF), have been providing support and technical assistance to navigators and others assisting consumers with enrollment in the new health insurance Marketplaces.* While the enrollment process can be tricky at multiple steps,…

March 27, 2014

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Guest

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People Who Have Tried to Enroll through HealthCare.Gov Get Extension Beyond March 31st

With the deadline for the initial open enrollment on March 31 looming, consumers, advocates, and assisters have been stressing over what happens to people who, for no fault of their own, have not been able to complete their enrollment on HealthCare.Gov or through the federal call center. Late yesterday, federal officials announced that through mid-April,…

March 26, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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Proposed Rule Offers Relief from Over-Reaching State Navigator Laws that Restrict Consumer Assistance

Last week, CMS issued a proposed rule that describes some of the circumstances in which state laws have overstepped their bounds and interfere with the important work of navigators, non-navigator assisters and certified application counselors (collectively known as assisters). The proposed rule, coupled with the recent court ruling in Missouri that federal law preempts state…

March 19, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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New Hampshire Senate Opens Door to Medicaid Expansion

It’s still cold here in New Hampshire, with more than a foot of hard-packed snow covering the ground. But that didn’t stop the Republican-led Senate from warming up to the idea of expanding Medicaid to cover an estimated 50,000 Granite Staters. The proposal moves over to the House, where representatives are expected to support the…

March 7, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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President Obama’s Budget Proposes Permanent Extension of Express Lane Eligibility

By Tara Mancini This week, the Administration reinforced its support for Express Lane Eligibility by including its permanent extension in the proposed FY 2015 budget. As many Say Ahhh! readers know, without further authorization, this effective enrollment strategy is set to expire at the end of September. Other notable extensions in Medicaid and CHIP include:…

March 7, 2014

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Virginia and Texas Eventually Got on Board with CHIP – Will History Repeat itself with ACA?

By Gene Lewit With state legislatures working their way through their 2014 sessions, attention in a number of states is focused on the actions states can take to further implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although the name “Obamacare” focuses attention on the President, his administration, and the federal bureaucracy, state actions will also…

March 6, 2014

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Guest

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Help for Consumers Who Faced Marketplace Glitches

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance on February 27th for Marketplaces that have had technical difficulties getting consumers enrolled. The CMS guidance clarifies that if a consumer has had technical trouble trying to enroll, it could constitute an “exceptional circumstance,” and qualify the consumer for coverage (and financial help) on a…

March 5, 2014

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Sabrina Corlette

Summary Assisting Families that Include Immigrants

February 25, 2014

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Karina Wagnerman

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Last Call for State-Based Health Insurance Marketplaces

Arkansas Governor Beebe recently noted that some Republican Governors are warming to the idea of running their own health insurance marketplace. I hope that they know that their time is running out! Setting up a state-based health insurance marketplace is no small task, and unlike the Medicaid expansion decision, states that want to do it…

February 25, 2014

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Sonya Schwartz

Presentations

Navigating the Application Process for Families that Include Immigrants

Immigrant resources from a webinar for assisters, February 21, 2014, sponsored by HHS in partnership with CCF, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities:

February 21, 2014

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New CBO Numbers: Cause for Controversy or Celebration?

Unsurprisingly, the latest report from the Congressional Budget Office sparked attacks and counter-attacks from both sides of the polarized debate over the Affordable Care Act. Opponents argued that the new estimates on employment support their charge that the ACA is a “job killer,” while supporters responded that the CBO said no such thing. In the…

February 5, 2014

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Sabrina Corlette

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Where Does EPSDT Stand in Post-ACA Medicaid Expansion 1115 Waivers?

In the last few months, CMS has approved Medicaid expansion 1115 waiver demonstrations in Arkansas, Iowa and Michigan. Pennsylvania has a draft 1115 waiver proposal to expand Medicaid out as well. One important question that has emerged is: How will states continue to provide EPSDT and other benefits to 19 and 20 year olds who…

January 30, 2014

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Sonya Schwartz

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Federal Court Ruling: Navigator Laws Cannot Impose Additional Requirements on Navigators and Other Assisters in Federal Marketplace States

A federal district court ruling yesterday regarding Missouri’s navigator law has the health coverage community abuzz. As I noted in this Say Ahhh! blog, a number of states have proposed or passed legislation to require additional training and licensing for navigators, and sometimes other assisters, and restrict the activities they are required to perform by…

January 24, 2014

By

Tricia Brooks

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Express Lane Eligibility Has Proven Its Effectiveness – Time to Make it a Permanent Policy Option

Piloting new ways of doing things makes sense. It’s a way to test whether a concept or idea will work the way it’s envisioned, and fine-tune it based on actual experience. To this extent 13 states (AL, CO, GA, IA, LA, MD, ME, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, UT) have spent the past five years…

January 13, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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Unreasonable Standards Will Likely Discourage Hospitals from Doing Presumptive Eligibility

I’ve written several Say Ahhh! blogs on the Affordable Care Act’s new hospital presumptive eligibility provisions. The ACA explicitly gives hospitals the prerogative to make Medicaid presumptive eligibility (PE) decisions, regardless of whether the state has previously implemented the policy option. In particular, presumptive eligibility provides a great opportunity for hospitals to connect uninsured kids…

January 10, 2014

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Tricia Brooks

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New Badgercare Waiver is Good News/Bad News for Transitional Medicaid

By Jon Peacock, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced yesterday that Wisconsin has been granted a federal waiver to make substantial changes to BadgerCare. As anticipated, the waiver allows the state to extend BadgerCare up to the poverty level for adults who aren’t custodial parents of dependent…

January 10, 2014

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Guest

Projects

2013 Finish Line Flash Editions

By Tara Mancini December 4, 2013 This edition of the Finish Line Flash brings you several resources related to outreach and enrollment under the ACA and dental benefits in Medicaid. The first is a brief from the American Dental Association that compares rates of child dental utilization between Medicaid and commercial plan enrollees. It is…

January 8, 2014

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