2016

Special Enrollment Period for New Fathers

Father’s Day is a good time to let new fathers know they may qualify to buy health insurance for their family on the marketplace. Use our graphics to spread the word on social media! Having a bab...

Federal Standardized Health Insurance Plans Could Help Improve Access to Care without Raising Premiums

Health insurance companies should offer plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces that cover the cost of basic outpatient care—like primary care, specialty care, and prescription drugs—before ...

Improve the Display of Plan Information on Marketplace Websites to Help Enrollment

Exchange directors, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and insurers have an enormous opportunity to help consumers choose the plan that is right for them and make the enrollment process m...

Medicaid Expansion Helps Working People Get Health Insurance

States that have expanded Medicaid are doing more to help working residents than states that choose not to expand Medicaid. In 2014, the first year of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act,...

Block Grants: A Bad Idea for Medicaid

Updated January 23, 2017: President Trump and his advisors have indicated that they will pursue a Medicaid block grant as part of their attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Turning Medic...

Medicaid Managed Care Rule: Improving the Enrollment Experience

In April, the Obama administration issued sweeping new standards to guide the operation of state Medicaid managed care plans. The new rules are a big deal in part because they affect so many people: T...

Medicaid Managed Care Rule: Quality Ratings and Delivery System Reforms

This is the second in a series that looks at what advocates should know about the newly released standards for Medicaid managed care plans. The first analysis explained changes to the enrollment pro...

Medicaid Managed Care Rule: Network Adequacy Standards

Recently the Obama administration released standards for the operation of Medicaid managed care plans. This is the final analysis in a series looking at what advocates should know about the new standa...

Medicaid Managed Care Rule: What Advocates Should Know

Recently the Obama administration released new standards governing Medicaid managed care plans. These managed care rules haven’t been updated since 2002, and a lot has changed in the past 14 years. ...

Why Getting Health Insurance Matters for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are more likely than whites to experience certain health conditions. And they are more likely to get sicker and die from them, too. Finding and treating these pro...