Join Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for a webinar at 1pm ET/10am PT on Thursday, September 18, to explore how upcoming health insurance eligibility and enrollment changes will impact people living with diabetes.
This open enrollment season, potential new paperwork requirements for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, the possible expiration of enhanced premium tax credit subsidies, and other changes to individual market coverage will shift the landscape for health insurance enrollment in states. For people with diabetes, these changes could mean gaps in coverage and challenges accessing and affording the medications, supplies, devices, and care they need to manage their diabetes.
In this webinar, advocates, policymakers, healthcare providers, and other participants will learn:
- How people with diabetes, and organizations and providers who serve them, can prepare for potential changes to open enrollment, from documents to deadlines and more
- How changes will impact Marketplace affordability especially for people with low incomes, including potential expiration of enhanced premium tax credit subsidies and higher out-of-pocket costs
- How future cuts to Medicaid will likely push people to the Marketplaces, and what they can expect there
- How states can respond to ensure people with diabetes and other enrollees with complex and chronic conditions can maintain access to affordable and comprehensive coverage
Speakers include:
- Catherine Ferguson, Vice President of Federal Advocacy for the American Diabetes Association
- Laura Friedman, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for the American Diabetes Association
- Amy Killelea, JD, Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown University’s CHIR
- Henry Rodriguez, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine; and Clinical Director, USF Diabetes & Endocrinology Center
Audience Q&A will follow the discussion.
Support for this webinar is provided by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust through a grant to Georgetown University to advance access to high quality, affordable diabetes care through private health insurance regulation.