Expectations for 2016 ACA Marketplace Enrollment: A Conversation with Sabrina Corlette (December 21st)
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Listen Now January 1st will mark the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) third health insurance expansion year. Under the ACA individuals with income below 400% of poverty are eligible for insurance subsidies and individuals with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level are eligible for state Medicaid coverage (or in the 31 states that have to date chosen to expand Medicaid coverage). As of 2015 the ACA has expanded coverage to approximately 12 million Americans. Medicaid expansion has added another 14 million lives. Despite significant gains in the number of insured approximately 25 million non-elderly adults or about 11% remain without coverage. Roughly half of these are undocumented immigrants whom are ineligible for coverage under the ACA. Despite subsidies the cost of insurance remains
Expectations for 2016 ACA Marketplace Enrollment: A Conversation with Sabrina Corlette (December 21st)
Expectations for 2016 ACA Marketplace…
Expectations for 2016 ACA Marketplace Enrollment: A Conversation with Sabrina Corlette (December 21st)
Listen Now January 1st will mark the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) third health insurance expansion year. Under the ACA individuals with income below 400% of poverty are eligible for insurance subsidies and individuals with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level are eligible for state Medicaid coverage (or in the 31 states that have to date chosen to expand Medicaid coverage). As of 2015 the ACA has expanded coverage to approximately 12 million Americans. Medicaid expansion has added another 14 million lives. Despite significant gains in the number of insured approximately 25 million non-elderly adults or about 11% remain without coverage. Roughly half of these are undocumented immigrants whom are ineligible for coverage under the ACA. Despite subsidies the cost of insurance remains