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Kaiser Health Policy News Index: May 2014

May 30, 2014

Feature

The Kaiser Health Policy News Index is designed to help journalists and policymakers understand which health policy-related news stories Americans are paying attention to, and what the public understands about health policy issues covered in the news. This month’s Index finds that news about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment numbers was followed by more than half the public, ranking behind two non-health news stories (the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls and the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia).

What Worked and What’s Next? Strategies in Four States Leading ACA Enrollment Efforts

Jul 16, 2014

Issue Brief

This brief highlights the experiences of four states—Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Washington—that established a State-based Marketplace (SBM), implemented the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, and achieved success enrolling eligible individuals into coverage. Based on interviews with key stakeholders in each state, it identifies effective strategies that contributed to enrollment and current priorities looking forward.

Marketplace Plan Selections by Race/Ethnicity

May 14, 2025

State Health Facts Indicator

Briefing: Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility and Enrollment in 2016, and a Look Ahead: Findings from a 50-State Survey

Event Date: Jan 21, 2016

Event

At 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, January 21, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a public briefing to present findings from our 14th annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost-sharing policies.

Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, Renewal, and Cost-Sharing Policies as of January 2016: Findings from a 50-State Survey

Jan 21, 2016

Report

This 14th annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost-sharing policies as of January 2016 provides a snapshot of state Medicaid and CHIP policies in place two years into the post-ACA era.

50-State Survey Finds States Have Upgraded Medicaid Enrollment and Eligibility Systems and Begun Resolving Initial ACA Implementation Issues, Although Challenges Remain

Jan 21, 2016

News Release

Over its first two years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has triggered increases in Medicaid eligibility levels and upgrades in states’ Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems, making it easier for individuals to enroll in Medicaid and producing faster eligibility decisions, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program…

Automated Eligibility Processes Facilitate Enrollment into Coverage Through the Exchange or Public Coverage

May 14, 2015

Feature

Automated Eligibility Processes Facilitate Enrollment into Coverage Through the Exchange or Public Coverage Download…

A Comparison of the Availability and Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large Firms: Update from the 2015 Employer Health Benefits Survey

Feb 5, 2016

Issue Brief

Small and large firms vary substantially on health insurance offer rates and costs. This brief expands on information presented in the 2015 Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits to look exclusively at differences in offer rates, plan costs, and cost sharing between small firms and large firms.

Outreach and Enrollment Strategies for Reaching the Medicaid Eligible but Uninsured Population

Mar 2, 2016

Issue Brief

This brief identifies a range of successful strategies to reach and enroll Medicaid- and CHIP-eligible individuals as well as options to facilitate renewals. It draws on a collection of previous work examining state enrollment experiences after implementation of the ACA. In sum, it shows that states that have achieved enrollment success have embraced an array of strategies and approaches that include promoting the expansion through strong leadership and collaboration, implementing broad marketing and outreach campaigns, establishing a coordinated and diverse network of assisters, developing effective eligibility and enrollment systems that coordinate with the Marketplace, and planning ahead to translate coverage gains into improved access to care.

Assessing ACA Marketplace Enrollment

Mar 4, 2016

Issue Brief

This analysis examines factors that may have kept 2016 enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans from reaching early projections, and it estimates that sign-ups will continue to grow modestly in coming years.

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