Presentation by Stan Dorn to Maryland's Health Care Reform Coordinating Council at August 31, 2010, "Entry to Coverage" workshop.  Mr. Dorn cites lessons learned from enrollment initiatives in Massachusetts and Louisiana, including the importance of prioritizing affordability and reducing administrative requirements for enrollment.

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This brief addresses some of the issues that states will need to consider in making decisions about the health insurance exchanges that are a central part of the health insurance coverage strategy in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted in March of 2010. Specifically, it discusses the issues that states will face in making decisions about how to structure health insurance exchanges and health insurance markets.  The brief is a collaboration between SHADAC and State Coverage Initiatives.  November 2010.

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), SHARE’s most recent grants are quick-turnaround, policy-relevant studies aimed at identifying lessons to help states shape implementation of national health reform. The projects focus on topics such as monitoring the impact of reform at the state level, the new income eligibility for Medicaid (modified adjusted gross income (MAGI)), the impact reform on rural areas, and the income dynamics and characteristics of low- and moderate-income adults impacted by reform. This report provides an overview of the eight grantees that have received second-round SHARE funding.

SHADAC Issue Brief #23 presents key implementation and data considerations for states as they contemplate the creation and role of health insurance exchanges.  Establishing health insurance exchanges is integral to implementing reforms under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Exchanges are government-regulated insurance marketplaces designed to increase access to and facilitate purchase of affordable health insurance for certain subpopulations, including individuals (non-group market) and small businesses (small group market)

This brief also profiles four state exchanges launched under state health reform efforts that predated the ACA: Massachusetts Health Connector, Utah Health Exchange, Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) Health Connections, and Washington Health Insurance Partnership (HIP).

In-depth presentation and virtual tour of Wisconsin's eligibility and enrollment system. Recorded October 13, 2010. Duration: 2 hours.

This webinar, recorded on October 13, 2010, is an in-depth presentation and virtual tour of Wisconsin's eligibility and enrollment system. The webinar features Melissa Henderson and Jim Jones from Wisconsin's Department of Health Services along with Seth Mandel and Mark Levy from Deloitte Consulting, with whom Wisconsin contracted to develop its system. 

This event is a companion to our June 23, 2010, webinar, which provides an overview of Wisconsin's health system reforms along with a tour of the state's ACCESS application process from beginning to end, from the perspective of a single applicant.

PDF versions of presentation slides can be found in the Downloads section below.  

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Click here to watch a recording of the June 23, 2010, webinar, "Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus: How Streamlined Eligibility and an Innovative Web-Based Application Tool Have Impacted Enrollment."

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