Tag: affordable care act

New Administration Plans to Reinstate Cuts to Funding for ACA Outreach and Enrollment Assistance

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One of the first actions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Trump administration was to make extreme cuts in funding for Navigators. In a blog post for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR’s Rachel Swindle, Jalisa Clark, and Justin Giovannelli dispute the rationale behind the funding cuts presented by the Trump administration and highlight the gravity of reducing the Navigator program and outreach and enrollment assistance.

A New Rule to Limit ACA Enrollment Periods May Deter Sign-Ups and Worsen Risk Pools

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Recent proposals from the Trump administration and Congress would shorten or eliminate the windows of opportunity for people to enroll in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. In a recent article for the Commonwealth Fund, CHIR’s Sabrina Corlette and Rachel Swindle discuss how such policies would result in reduced access to coverage and higher costs for Marketplace enrollees.

Health Insurance Transitions For Young People With Diabetes Can Be Life Threatening

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As Congress debates policies that would disenroll millions of people from both Medicaid and marketplace coverage, young adults living with diabetes could face coverage losses and challenges finding private insurance that is both comprehensive and affordable. In their latest piece for Health Affairs, Amy Killelea and Christine Monahan explore how variations in health insurance coverage can make health coverage transitions difficult for these young adults.

Death by Slow Strangulation: New Tactics in Longstanding Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act 

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The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to take up legislation that, if enacted, would be tantamount to a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for millions of Americans who will lose their health insurance, and for millions more who will be required to submit to red tape and higher costs to retain their coverage. CHIR experts Sabrina Corlette, Karen Davenport, and Stacey Pogue dive into what the bill includes and what it means for the 24 million Americans who are covered through the ACA Marketplaces.

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