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- June 17, 2014
Health Advocate: Understanding the Medicare Coverage “Cliff”
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes numerous provisions that will improve the health security of older adults. For example, the ACA eliminates the coverage gap in Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage (sometimes referred to as "the doughnut hole") and expands access to free preventive and wellness visits for…
- June 11, 2014
Background on Upcoming Supreme Court Decision-ACA’s Contraceptive Coverage
Read moreThe current round of Affordable Care Act litigation is dominated by cases challenging a requirement that most new health plans cover contraception without cost-sharing. A decision by the Supreme Court on cases by two for-profit challengers, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp and Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is imminent. This pre-decision…
- June 11, 2014
NHeLP Comments on Provider Non-Discrimination RFI
Read moreSection 2706(a) of the Affordable Care Act prohibits all group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from discriminating with respect to participation under the plan or coverage against any health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's license…
- May 30, 2014
ACA-related State Plan Amendments in Medicaid
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought significant changes to the Medicaid program, including expanded coverage opportunities for adults under 65 with incomes under 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and new methodologies for determining and renewing eligibility. States must update their existing Medicaid state plans to implement…
- May 30, 2014
Don’t Deny the Gap
Read moreMyths and Facts on Medicaid Expansion This blog post by the Utah Health Policy Project can serve as a useful template for advocates pushing for implementation of the adult Medicaid expansion. UHPP takes on the top seven arguments against closing Utah's coverage gap, with facts about the costs and…
- May 30, 2014
Lessons from CA: Delaying 2014 Renewals for Medi-Cal Enrollees
Read moreIn June, current enrollees of California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, will be asked to complete a new renewal process and be evaluated under the new MAGI eligibility rules. But with nearly one million Medi-Cal applications still pending and a faulty IT system unable to accurately determine Medi-Cal eligibility, hundreds of…
