CHIP

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Various health insurance options exist on the market, but what if you can not afford to pay monthly premiums? People making a significantly low income might be eligible for government help with Medicaid or Children’s Medicaid, also known as the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The federal government works with […]

What is Medicaid Insurance?

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Why are enrollees losing Medicaid coverage? In 2020, Congress established the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to allow a continuous enrollment provision helping people with medical coverage during the pandemic. For three years, the federal government instructed states to maintain enrollment of nearly all Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance […]

Are You Losing Medicaid Coverage?

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14 million eligible for Medicaid
14 million workers hit by the COVID-19 virus are eligible for subsidized healthcare from the marketplace or Medicaid, regardless of if they are planning to accept unemployment compensation. This is according to a report released by the Urban Institute, whose findings help us identify those in vulnerable job industries such as […]

14 million eligible for Medicaid or Marketplace insurance During COVID

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short-term plan
President Trump’s Executive Order to Extend Short-Term Plan Length Tuesday, President Trump’s administration proposed a way for Americans to receive short-term health plans that do not follow ACA protocol. As many know, the ACA holds short-term plans to meet certain requirements in order to be purchasable by citizens. What exactly was proposed by […]

President Trump’s Executive Order to Extend Short Term Plan length

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What Is a Pre-Existing Condition? Today, Jeff Hess, the ACA product specialist at Empower Brokerage, is covering pre-existing conditions because some consumers are confused about what is considered a preexisting condition. Jeff explains some of the factors that categorize a condition as a pre-existing condition. For a comprehensive summary of pre-existing conditions, click here. Definition Pre-existing conditions all run on a basic scale across the board. Anything that has […]

What Is Considered a Pre-Existing Condition?

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funding bill
Government Re-Opens after Short Shutdown with a New Funding Bill Last week the looming government shutdown was stopped with a short-term bill. This is the second time in the last 2 months that a shutdown was a very real possibility. The bill, called the funding bill, was approved by the […]

Government Re-Opens after Short Shutdown with a New Funding Bill

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Since federal funding for the CHIP program ceased on September 30, supporters have been trying to find solution’s to reauthorize funding. The Children’s Health Insurance Program gives the families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid a low-cost child health coverage option. In America, approximately 9 million children are enrolled […]

CHIP: Will CHIP Be Discontinued after 2017?

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