New Administration Plans to Reinstate Cuts to Funding for ACA Outreach and Enrollment Assistance
By Rachel Swindle, Jalisa Clark, and Justin Giovannelli One of the first actions by the Centers for ...
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Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Who is Eligible for Marketplace Coverage?
November 1 marked the first day of the Marketplace Open Enrollment Period in most states. CHIR recen...
Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Coverage of Reproductive Health Care
In most states, it’s the last week to sign up for marketplace plan that begins January 1. The Affo...
Navigator Guide FAQs of the Week: Who is Eligible for Marketplace Coverage?
Open Enrollment is underway, and our newly updated Navigator Resource Guide can help Navigators and ...
New and Improved Navigator Resource Guide Answers Common Enrollment Questions, Spotlights Innovative Outreach for Communities of Focus
Just in time for Open Enrollment, CHIR updated and improved the Navigator Resource Guide, a practica...
The Affordable Care Act in the Biden Era: Identifying Federal Priorities for Administrative Action
The Biden administration has pledged to use its executive authority to build on and improve the Affo...
Rookie Report: How did New Jersey and Pennsylvania State Marketplaces Fare in Their Inaugural Enrollment Period?
After seven enrollment cycles on HealthCare.gov, New Jersey and Pennsylvania both launched new state...
January Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
As the snow continues to fall, the CHIR team has cozied up indoors with new health policy research. ...
August Research Roundup: What We’re Reading
The month of August went by in a flash, or painstakingly slowly, but either way it produced some gre...
Navigators Can Help Close Insurance Gaps Exacerbated by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new challenges for Navigators. To learn more about their experi...
March Research Round Up: What We’re Reading
Spring has arrived, and the research is blooming! This March, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe was buzzing around...
Affordable Care Act Navigators: Lack of Funding Leads to Consumer Confusion, Decreased Enrollment
Last year, we talked with Navigators to learn about how they reached consumers despite major funding...
Virginia’s Enrollment Season Perfect Storm
Across the country, states are yet again dealing with policy changes just before the fall open enrol...
States Lean In as the Federal Government Cuts Back: Navigator and Advertising Funding for the ACA’s Sixth Open Enrollment
With open enrollment into the Affordable Care Act marketplaces beginning November 1st, there will be...
Massive Navigator Funding Cuts Pose Risks for Consumers, Marketplaces
On September 12, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services released the in-person assistance aw...
Bracing for an Affordable Care Act Enrollment Season Without Navigators: Risks for Consumers and the Market
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on July 10, 2018 that they would fund up to...
The Future of the Affordable Care Act under President Trump: Stakeholders Respond to Proposed 2019 Marketplace Rule. Part I: Insurers
The Trump Administration has proposed a number of changes to the Affordable Care Act's essential hea...
I’m A Certified Application Counselor. This Year’s Open Enrollment Will Be the Most Challenging Yet
Enrolling in marketplace health insurance is already a tall order for many consumers because of the ...
Got Questions on Private Health Insurance? Get the New and Improved Navigator Resource Guide
Marketplace enrollment is upon us. November 1 marks the start to the fifth open enrollment season. T...
Lots of Changes for 2018 Marketplace Enrollment Mean Confusion for Consumers
Open enrollment will be here sooner than we know it. But this year's open enrollment, will be quite ...
Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Assister Programs Reflects Signs of Progress – and Opportunities for Improvement
Assister programs and brokers play an integral role of navigating consumers through the marketplace ...
Open Enrollment IV (OE4) is Just around the Corner: Things to Watch
While it seems like we just finished open enrollment, the next round for 2017 coverage is right arou...
Final Rules Make Expanded Role Official for Some Navigators in 2018
When the administration finalized Marketplace regulations for 2017 and beyond earlier this week, it ...
Little Known Provision Keeps Kids From Slipping Through Cracks Due to Differences in Eligibility Rules
For the most part, the ACA tries to align the ways that Medicaid and the health insurance marketplac...
Feds Propose Changes – and an Expanded Role – for Marketplace Navigators
A new proposed rule from the Obama Administration contains wide-ranging new requirements for insuran...
Consumer Assistance and Tools Needed to Ensure that All Eligible Marketplace Enrollees Get Cost-Sharing Reductions
A recent study has found that as many as 2.2 million people are missing out on Affordable Care Act c...
Getting Ready for OE3 – New Kaiser Family Foundation Survey Provides Helpful Lessons
We’re just 12 weeks away from the start of the third open enrollment period (OE3) for the Affordab...
3-Year Navigator Grants Will Provide Stability to Enrollment Assistance
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has published the first indications of where it inten...
Critiquing the Performance as the Curtain Closes on OE2
The second open enrollment period (often called OE2) under the Affordable Care Act has come to its f...
State Restrictions on Health Reform Assisters May Violate Federal Law
Regulations issued last month by the Department of Health and Human Services show that laws in more ...
Recommendations to Strengthen Navigator and Assister Programs
With the close of open enrollment in the new health insurance Marketplaces, it is a good time not on...
Understanding Special Enrollment Periods, Part 1: A Look at Some Who Will be Out of Luck
Navigators have been fielding a range of questions. One that comes up repeatedly is whether an indiv...
New Tools to Help Consumers Compare Health Plans
One of the most difficult elements of enrolling in the new health insurance Marketplaces is plan sel...
HHS Proposes to Preempt Some State Navigator Laws; Lays Out Federal Enforcement Framework
In a proposed regulation released Friday, March 14, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Shifting into Post-Enrollment Issues: Fielding New Questions from Consumers
As we approach the end of open enrollment into new coverage options under the Affordable Care Act, m...
Federal Court Ruling Casts Doubt on State Power to Restrict Health Reform Navigators
In January, a federal court in Missouri became the first to rule on whether states have the legal au...
New Resource for Assisters Covers Private Insurance and Marketplace Plans
Almost two months into open enrollment, Navigators and other consumer assisters must field a multitu...
Helping Consumers Understand their Coverage Options, from Coast to Coast
A massive consumer outreach and education effort is underway to help consumers understand their new ...
Under Pressure: An Update on Restrictive State Insurance Marketplace Consumer Assistance Laws
Seventeen states have enacted rules for health insurance marketplace navigators that could hinder th...
Answering Your Questions on Certified Application Counselors
Navigators, in-person assisters, and certified application counselors (CACs) have been getting a lot...
Attacks on Navigators Continue at House Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing
The U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee held an oversight hearing to assess...
Message to Anti-ACA Bullies: Go Pick on Someone Your Own Size
Affordable Care Act opponents are using intimidation tactics to inhibit navigators from helping cons...
Navigators Should Not Let Politics Thwart Their Important Work
In yet another attempt in a very long line of efforts to delay or derail the health care law, member...
Updates on Consumer Assistance: Navigator Grants and Training
Last week was a busy week for those focused on robust consumer assistance in the new health insuranc...
Final Regulations on Navigators, In-Person Assisters and Certified Application Counselors
It was another hot summer Friday for regulations with the release of the final rule on navigator and...
New Report: States Going Above and Beyond to Create Sustainable Exchanges and Deliver Choice and Value to Consumers
In a new report for The Commonwealth Fund, Sarah Dash, Kevin Lucia, Katie Keith, and Christine Monah...
Will New Laws in States with Federally Run Health Insurance Marketplaces Hinder Outreach?
Although the federal government will play a primary role in administering the navigator program in t...
Arming Navigators for the Millions of Enrollees Headed Their Way
With the fast approach to open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces, there is growin...
Navigator and Assister Training is Not a One-Shot Deal
The state-based and federally facilitated marketplaces have been busy recruiting and selecting navig...
Checking in on the NAIC: Work in Progress to Update Model State Laws to Comply with the Affordable Care Act
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) continues its work to support states' imp...
Consumer Assistance and Health Reform: Bridging the Gap
With open enrollment for the new health insurance marketplaces just around the corner, attention is ...
Spring NAIC Meeting: Insurance Commissioners Take Houston
This past week marked the first of three national conferences for the National Association of Insura...
CCIIO Releases New Exchange Blueprint
States have consistently asked for more guidance from the federal government on health insurance exc...
Get Ready for the Rulemaking!
The election results mean full steam ahead with implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The ultim...