Hats off to navigators and certified application counselors (CACs) across the country who persevered through the rocky rollout of the marketplaces and helped create the late surge that put enrollment over the top. There is much yet to be learned as we reflect back on open enrollment, but we already know there is much that […]
Time for a victory lap over the announcement that marketplace enrollment whizzed past the revised target (that was lowered after the rocky launch) and exceeded the original projection of 7 million people? Not for navigators and certified application counselors who deserve much of the credit. They are still helping people swept up in the enrollment […]
As part of our Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded Navigator Technical Assistance project, we’ve had the opportunity to hear the range of questions navigators and assisters are fielding from consumers trying to understand their coverage options. Many of these questions have helped fill out our Navigator Resource Guide, which has 270 FAQs ranging from “what is the individual […]
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 […]
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 […]
On March 25, the Administration created a grace period that will extend the March 31 Marketplace enrollment deadline for Americans who have run into roadblocks in their attempts to sign up for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Various reporters and commenters have pointed to parallels with decisions made in 2006 around the first enrollment period for Medicare Part […]
