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9/17/2014
The Federal Courts' Role in Implementing the Affordable Care Act
from http://kff.org
Since the Affordable Care Act�s (ACA) passage, a number of lawsuits have been filed challenging various provisions of the law. The Supreme Court has decided cases about the constitutionality of the ACA�s individual mandate and Medicaid expansion as well as the applicability of the contraceptive coverage requirement to closely held for-profit corporations with religious objections. In addition, several cases challenging the availability of premium subsidies in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) are currently progressing through the federal courts. All of this litigation has altered, or has the potential to alter, the way in which the ACA is implemented and consequently could affect the achievement of the law�s policy goals. This issue brief examines the federal courts� role to date in interpreting and affecting implementation of the ACA, with a focus on the provisions that seek to expand access to affordable coverage.
9/17/2014
The Utah Health Care Landscape
from http://kff.org
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into full effect on January 1, 2014, ushering in health insurance reforms and new health coverage options in Utah and across the country. Although the Medicaid expansion debate is still underway in the state, Utah is experiencing changes to its health care delivery system. This fact sheet provides an overview of the population health, health coverage, and health care delivery system in Utah in the era of health reform.
9/16/2014
Health Law Tempers New State Coverage Mandates
For decades, states have set rules for health coverage through mandates, laws that require insurers to cover specific types of medical care or services. The health law contains provisions aimed at curbing this piecemeal approach to coverage. States, however, continue to pass new mandates, but with a twist: Now they are adding language to sidestep the health law, making it tougher than ever for consumers to know whether they are covered or not. This can affect coverage for people with disabilities based on their state and what each state decides to cover.
9/16/2014
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Programs: 2010 Data Update
from http://kff.org
Developing home and community-based services (HCBS) alternatives to institutional care has been a priority for many state Medicaid programs over the past three decades. Medicaid LTSS expenditures represent over 30 percent of total Medicaid spending, with HCBS typically costing less than comparable institutional care.3 Budgetary constraints as a result of the slowly improving economy and the administrative complexities of implementing and coordinating the various LTSS options may pose challenges as states and the federal government continue to work toward increasing access to Medicaid HCBS, reducing institutional bias, and rebalancing Medicaid LTSS expenditures.
9/15/2014
AUCD Legislative News In Brief
This issue covers appropriations, IDEA, child care, the Disability Treaty, and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
9/15/2014
Budget Referees Make It Harder To Evaluate Obamacare Costs
The Congressional Budget Office will no longer evaluate the fiscal implications of some parts of the Affordable Care Act, partly because of all the changes made during implementation. KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and The Fiscal Times' Eric Pianin discuss.
9/15/2014
California To Broaden Autism Coverage For Kids Through Medicaid
A new initiative seeks to help low-income families with children with diabilities. Starting Monday, Sept. 15, thousands of children from low-income families who are on the autism spectrum will be eligible for behavioral therapy under Medi-Cal, the state's health plan for the poor.
9/15/2014
Sloan Foundation 2015 Research Fellows
9/12/2014
AUCD Welcomes Farrah Ahamad as Public Policy Intern
Farrah Ahamad is the Public Policy Intern at AUCD. In 2014, she graduated from the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs with a Masters of Arts degree in International Development Studies, focusing on Public Private Partnerships and Civil Society. In the long term, Farrah plans to take all she has learned and apply it to the systems in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago, including policies propelled and supported by AUCD.
9/12/2014
AUCD Welcomes Paul Gottlich as Meetings Intern
Paul Gottlich serves as the intern for this November's AUCD UNLEASED Annual Conference. He received a Bachelor's degree in Middle East Foreign Policy and International Business/Marketing from The Johns Hopkins University where he focused on US-Turkish relations and marketing/event planning for start-up companies.
9/12/2014
Information for Veterans Regarding Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare
National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative Fact Sheet #16
This fact sheet is intended to provide Navigators, Assisters and Certified Application Counselors with information about veterans and their eligibility for healthcare through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
9/11/2014
Letter to CMS regarding Medicare Coverage of Speech Generating Devices
Over 50 members of Congress sent this letter to CMS asking for information on a coverage decision related to Speech Generating Devices.
9/11/2014
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities Holds 2014 Meeting
Committee now has record number of people with disabilities and many AUCD network members
The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities held their 2014 meeting September 3-5. The committee how has significantly more members with intellectual disabilities and strong representation from the AUCD network.
9/11/2014
Proposed Medicaid Expansion in Indiana through HIP 2.0
from http://kff.org
In August 2014, Indiana submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a proposal to amend and renew its current its 1115 waiver, "Healthy Indiana Plan." The proposal, which is now open for public comment and subject to CMS approval, seeks to implement the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion in a way that requires waivers of existing federal law.
9/9/2014
HHS Announces Navigator Grantees
from http://www.hhs.gov
HHS has announced $60 million in grants to Health Insurance Navigator programs in federally-facilitated and state-partnership marketplaces. Grantees include AUCD network members in Arkansas and North Dakota.
9/9/2014
Higher Education Affordability Act Summary
HEAA Summary Sept 9 2014.pdf
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