Becoming “Healthy Louisiana”: An Overview of Planning Efforts to Implement the Medicaid Expansion
This fact sheet provides an overview of Louisiana’s planning activities to implement its Medicaid expansion, Healthy Louisiana.
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Survey: Assisters Help Estimated 5.3 Million During 2016 ACA Open Enrollment, Down 10 Percent from Prior Year
News ReleaseDuring the third Affordable Care Act open enrollment period, assistance programs helped an estimated 5.3 million people -- a number that was 10 percent lower than the prior year and that included a higher share of people renewing coverage, finds a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of assister programs and brokers.
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2016 Survey of Health Insurance Marketplace Assister Programs and Brokers
ReportIn its third year, the survey tracks the experiences of assistance programs signing people up for Affordable Care Act coverage during open enrollment and, for consumers who qualify, during special enrollment periods. This year, for the second time, the survey includes health insurance brokers who helped people apply for non-group coverage in an ACA marketplace.
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Connecting the Justice-Involved Population to Medicaid Coverage and Care: Findings from Three States
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of initiatives to connect the justice-involved population to Medicaid coverage and care in the community in three states—Arizona, Connecticut, and Massachusetts—based on interviews with key stakeholders. These states are leading efforts in these areas and provide key lessons about how to coordinate across health care and corrections and the potential of such initiatives to better link individuals to the physical and behavioral services they need. Each of the case study states is connecting individuals to coverage at multiple points within the justice system. The study states also connect individuals to care in the community as they are released from jail or prison. Stakeholders and data indicate that these approaches have increased coverage, facilitated access to care, and contributed to administrative efficiencies and state savings. However, more data and time are needed to examine the effects on health and criminal justice outcomes, including recidivism rates.
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Aprenda sobre seguros médicos: los videos en español
VideoThe YouToons help consumers understand health insurance by explaining health insurance premiums, out-of-pocket costs, and provider networks. These three videos are excerpts from the 2014 YouToons video, Health Insurance Explained – The YouToons Have It Covered.
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Medicare Advantage 2016 Spotlight: Enrollment Market Update
Issue BriefThis Data Spotlight reviews national and state-level enrollment trends as of March 2016 and examines variation in enrollment by plan type and firm. It analyzes the most recent data on premiums, out-of-pocket limits, Part D cost-sharing for drugs, and plans’ quality ratings for Medicare Advantage enrollees.
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Characteristics of Remaining Uninsured Men and Potential Strategies to Reach and Enroll them in Health Coverage
Issue BriefThis brief provides information on remaining nonelderly uninsured men ages 19-64, provides national estimates of their eligibility for ACA coverage options, and discusses strategies for reaching and enrolling them into health coverage.
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Total Medicare Private Health Plan Enrollment, Current and Projected
FeatureTotal Medicare Private Health Plan Enrollment, 1992-2026 Download Source Congressional Budget Office's March 2016 Medicare Baseline, CMS Medicare Advantage enrollment files for 2008-2014, and MPR's "Tracking Medicare Health and Prescription Drug Plans Monthly Report" for 1992-2007.
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Assessing ACA Marketplace Enrollment
Issue BriefThis 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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New Analysis Suggests ACA Marketplace Enrollment Could Grow Modestly Over Next Few Years, up to 16.3 Million Sign-Ups, 14.7 Million Enrollees after Attrition
News ReleaseA new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that sign-ups in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans could continue to grow modestly over the next few years to 16.3 million (up 28%), based on the experience of the top-performing states.