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Simplifying Enrollment and Eligibility with Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI)

The Affordable Care Act simplifies and streamlines eligibility for health care programs. By changing the method for determining whether someone can get Medicaid or CHIP (the Children’s Health Insura...

The Bottom Line: How the Affordable Care Act Helps America’s Families

The Affordable Care Act will help families by helping them pay their health insurance premiums and by giving them new, affordable health coverage options. Get state-level data on the financial bene...

States Making Progress on Rate Review

The Affordable Care Act encourages states to improve their processes for monitoring health insurance premium rate increases. This process is known as “rate review.” The authority each state has ov...

Treating Pain Is Not Enough: Why States’ Emergency-Only Dental Benefits Fall Short

States have great latitude to determine the scope of dental benefits that they will cover for adults through their Medicaid programs. While some states cover comprehensive benefits, others cover emerg...

Strategies for Story Banking and Engaging Young Adults

State advocates face the challenge of educating the public about the Affordable Care Act and rallying support for it. Collecting and publicizing consumer stories (known as “story banking”) and eng...

Medicaid Work Requirements: Lessons from the 2018 State Legislative Sessions

When the Trump administration gave the green light to Medicaid work requirements, conservative lawmakers in state legislatures across the country grasped the chance to impose punitive restrictions on...

Presumptive Eligibility: A Step toward Streamlined Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP

The Affordable Care Act expands states’ ability to use presumptive eligibility to streamline enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program). Presumptive eligibility give...

Perils of Health Insurance Sold across State Lines

Some policy makers have proposed allowing health insurance companies to sell plans in states where they are not licensed. This would be problematic for consumers because insurance companies would be a...

The Basic Health Option: Will It Work for Low-Income Consumers?

The Affordable Care Act requires Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the exchanges to operate as seamlessly as possible for enrollees with incomes around 133 percent of pover...

Four Ways Our Health Care Is at Risk in the Supreme Court Nomination Fight

View Families USA's Sign-On Letter: SCOTUS Vacancy and Health Care With last night’s announcement of Brett Kavanaugh as President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme...