By Sophia Duong States are applying more pressure on Congress to take swift action to extend CHIP funding. The National Governor’s Association (NGA) is set to hold their Winter meeting this weekend, February 20-23. But before the meeting even begins, the NGA took action on CHIP by sending a strong letter to the leaders of […]
Senate and House Democrats celebrated Valentine’s Day by introducing bills to extend CHIP funding through 2019. Senate Democrats, led by Senator Sherrod Brown, have co-sponsored S.522, “Protecting & Retaining Our Children’s Health Insurance Program Act of 2015 (PRO-CHIP)”. On the House Side, Representative Gene Green introduced companion bill H.R.919. The Senate bill would extend the […]
Last week, we released a primer on the basics of MAGI – how rules for counting household size and income to determine eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP have been aligned with Marketplace subsidies. The move to MAGI has brought about a number of changes but to further complicate things, there are some differences that apply […]
Over the weekend, Healthcare.gov uploaded the new 2015 federal poverty levels (FPL) to use in assessing eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP. What does this mean to consumers applying for coverage? Let’s start with eligibility for Marketplace subsidies. For 2015 calendar year coverage, regardless of when someone applies or enrolls, eligibility is based on the 2014 […]
With less than two weeks left until the end of Open Enrollment two, assisters are racing to get everyone covered, including families with immigrants, often among the most difficult cases. I recently had a chance to help train more than 800 consumer assisters about how to overcome barriers to eligibility and enrollment for health coverage programs […]
It would be great this Groundhog’s Day if Pensetucky Pete’s shadow also allowed us to forecast additional years of CHIP. But today we did get an important signal from the Administration that CHIP must remain a strong player in the system of children’s coverage for the foreseeable future. President Obama’s proposed budget included four additional […]
