News 2014
How Obamacare Went South In Mississippi
Young people in Mississippi are dealt a tougher hand than those in most other states. The state ranks last in life expectancy, per capita income, and children's literacy. Here, three young men hang out on Winter Street in Jackson, the state capital.
In the country's unhealthiest state, the failure of Obamacare is a group effort. The first in a series from our friends at Kaiser Health News. The lunch rush at Tom's on Main in Yazoo City, Mississippi, had come to a close, and the waitresses, having cleared away plates of shrimp and cheese grits, seasoned turnip greens and pitchers of sweet tea, were retreating to the counter to cash out and count their tips.
Cost Sharing and Tax Credits: Making Marketplace Health Insurance Affordable
Amy Killelea, Associate Director of Health Systems Integration at NASTAD, is one of the four presenters at "Cost Sharing and Tax Credits: Making Marketplace Health Insurance Affordable."
With Affordable Care Act open enrollment taking place until February 15, 2015, many service providers at ASOs and CBOs will have questions, and the ACE TA is prepared to address them. The goal of the ACE TA Center is to help Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees and sub-grantees enroll diverse clients, especially people of color, in health insurance. In collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the ACE TA Center will work to engage newly eligible clients across all stages of the health-coverage access continuum, including outreach and education, enrollment assistance, post-enrollment support and renewal/re-enrollment.
Read more: Cost Sharing and Tax Credits: Making Marketplace Health Insurance Affordable
The Real Poison Pill for Obamacare
Myrlene Charles (left) helps Farah Smith sign up for coverage at Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Miami during the final days of the Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period this spring.
This article accompanies a yearlong series that has aired on WNYC News, in which Colorlines Editor-at-Large Kai Wright followed the Affordable Care Act's first year in Newark, N.J. His reporting was supported by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute. Zahir Sowell embodies both the promise and the peril of the Affordable Care Act.
In This Issue
We're starting off this issue with an important reminder: If you are purchasing health insurance on HealthCare.gov and want your insurance to begin on January 1, 2015, you only have 20 days left to buy it.
With Tight Enrollment Window, Consumers Seeking Coverage Should Sign Up Promptly
December 15
Smooth sailing. The administration promises and outside experts expect that this year's open enrollment period on the health insurance marketplaces will be markedly less glitchy and balky than last.
Read more: With Tight Enrollment Window, Consumers Seeking Coverage Should Sign Up Promptly