New Survey Finds 68 Percent of Previously Uninsured Adult Californians Gained Coverage Since the ACA’s Implementation July 30, 2015 News Release Steep Drops in Problems Paying For and Getting Care among Recently Insured, But Affordability and Access Problems Remain Eligible Latinos Obtained Coverage at Similar Rates as Whites; People Ineligible Due to Immigration Status Now Make Up 41% of Remaining Uninsured MENLO PARK, Calif. – About two thirds (68%) of…
New Survey Examines Assistance Provided to Consumers During Second Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment August 6, 2015 News Release A new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of insurance brokers and assistance programs examines the help they provided to consumers during the 2015 open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act coverage. The 2015 Survey of Health Insurance Marketplace Assister Programs and Brokers provides estimates of the number of people helped and…
Updated FAQs Help Consumers Understand the ACA Marketplaces As Third Open Enrollment Begins October 26, 2015 News Release Ahead of the third annual Affordable Care Act open enrollment period, the Kaiser Family Foundation has updated and expanded its searchable collection of nearly 300 Health Reform Frequently Asked Questions.
Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment: Key Themes from the Field January 10, 2024 Issue Brief Data are important to help monitor how unwinding is going across states, but trackers and dashboards only tell part of the unwinding story. This brief examines the perspectives of state officials and others involved in the unwinding process. The brief provides information on outreach and engagement, renewal processes and coverage transitions, providing lessons for the ongoing unwinding process, as well as for how to conduct more effective Medicaid renewals generally in the future.
With More than Half of Medicaid Enrollees Awaiting their Renewal Process, New Report Highlights Lessons Learned that Can Inform State Efforts and Reduce Disenrollments for “Procedural” Reasons January 10, 2024 News Release At the beginning of 2024, nine months into states’ efforts to unwind the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision and reverify enrollees’ eligibility, states have completed renewals for less than half of all enrollees. To gain a better understanding of what challenges states are facing and the effects of different unwinding strategies,…
States Obtain Special Waivers to Help Unwinding Efforts January 16, 2024 Blog This brief discusses state uptake of special waivers aimed to mitigate procedural disenrollments during the unwinding of the continuous enrollment provision.