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May 17, 2024
HHS Final Rule Expands Marketplace and Basic Health Program Coverage for DACA Recipients by Correcting Unjust Exclusion
Michelle Yiu Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
After twelve years of arbitrarily excluding recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from affordable health coverage, HHS recently finalized a rule to correct this unjust exclusion.Since 2012, DACA recipients have been treated unequally under the law, barred from accessing CMS insurance affordability programs unlike other recipients of…
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May 1, 2024
1557 Final Rule Protects Against Bias in Health Care Algorithms
Cassandra LaRose and Elizabeth Edwards 1557, Automated Decision-Making, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
The 2024 Final Rule implementing § 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes an important protection against the use of some algorithms in health care, or as the rule terms it “discriminatory patient care decision support tools.” HHS defined this term to be broad and inclusive,…
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April 17, 2024
How the New Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Help Low-Income People with Disabilities and Older Adults Get Enrolled and Stay Enrolled
Charly Gilfoil Disability, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized
CMS’s recently released final rule, Streamlining the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes could be a game-changer for promoting continued eligibility and enrollment in insurance affordability programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Program (CHIP). Older adults, people…
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December 14, 2023
Problems with Florida’s Medicaid “Unwind” – The Lived Experience of Floridians Losing Medicaid
Miriam Harmatz COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized, Working Better Together
After the pandemic-related moratorium on Medicaid terminations ended on March 31 2023, states returned the pre-pandemic operations, including terminations of those who either fail to complete the renewal on time or who the state determines are no no longer be eligible. This year long process is also called “the…
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October 19, 2023
The Importance of Medicaid Stories: Floridians Share Personal “Unwind Horror Stories” with National Media & U.S. District Court
Miriam Harmatz Eligibility & Enrollment, Uncategorized, Working Better Together
This blog is part of our Working Better Together series and was authored by Miriam Harmatz, Founder and Director of Advocacy at the Florida Health Justice Project. This blog series is intended to provide our Health Law Partnerships with a platform to highlight successes, challenges, and innovative approaches to furthering health access…
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May 25, 2023
The Playbook to Use Paperwork to Kick People Off Coverage
Elizabeth G. Taylor Eligibility & Enrollment, Protect Medicaid 2023
By Elizabeth G. Taylor, Executive Director of the National Health Law Program, Juliet Choi, President and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), and Leslie Dach, Chair of Protect Our CareLast week, Arkansas released updated Medicaid enrollment data that serves as a dire warning for…
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HHS Final Rule Expands Marketplace and Basic Health Program Coverage for DACA Recipients by Correcting Unjust Exclusion

1557 Final Rule Protects Against Bias in Health Care Algorithms

How the New Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Rule Will Help Low-Income People with Disabilities and Older Adults Get Enrolled and Stay Enrolled

Problems with Florida’s Medicaid “Unwind” – The Lived Experience of Floridians Losing Medicaid

The Importance of Medicaid Stories: Floridians Share Personal “Unwind Horror Stories” with National Media & U.S. District Court

The Playbook to Use Paperwork to Kick People Off Coverage