2015

Stop, Shop, and Enroll for Health Insurance

Consumers can shop for health plans through the health insurance marketplace from November 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016 (open enrollment season). Many consumers have plans from 2015 and will s...

If the Remaining States Expand Medicaid, Who Would Benefit?

Twenty-two states have chosen not to extend Medicaid coverage, leaving hundreds of thousands of their residents in the health coverage gap. These people—who do not qualify for Medicaid in their stat...

Medicaid: Health Insurance for Working Kentucky Residents

In 2014, Kentucky accepted federal funds to provide health insurance to more low-income residents through Medicaid. Medicaid expansion gives Kentucky residents with incomes below 138 percent of the fe...

5 Weeks Left to Choose a Marketplace Health Insurance Plan—Sprinting to the Finish Line

https://familiesusa.org/Marketplace%20Expert%20Insights%20on%20Open%20Enrollment/With five weeks left before the close of the second open enrollment period in the health insurance marketplace on Febru...

Expanding Medicaid: State Data on Populations That Stand to Benefit

Update (7/16/2015): Alaska Governor Bill Walker announces he will use executive authority to expand Medicaid, leaving 19 states not expanding. Nineteen states* have chosen not to extend Medicaid...

West Virginia: King v. Burwell Could Put Health Insurance at Risk

The Supreme Court, in the King v. Burwell case, will soon decide whether millions of people in 34 states will lose premium tax credits they rely on to make health insurance affordable. Without tho...

Virginia: King v. Burwell Could Put Health Insurance at Risk

The Supreme Court, in the King v. Burwell case, will soon decide whether millions of people in 34 states will lose premium tax credits they rely on to make health insurance afforda...

Tennessee: King v. Burwell Could Put Health Insurance at Risk

The Supreme Court, in the King v. Burwell case, will soon decide whether millions of people in 34 states will lose premium tax credits they rely on to make health insurance affordable. Without tho...

South Carolina: King v. Burwell Could Put Health Insurance at Risk

The Supreme Court, in the King v. Burwell case, will soon decide whether millions of people in 34 states will lose premium tax credits they rely on to make health insurance affordable. Without tho...

North Carolina: King v. Burwell Could Put Health Insurance at Risk

The Supreme Court, in the King v. Burwell case, will soon decide whether millions of people in 34 states will lose premium tax credits they rely on to make health insurance affordable. Without tho...