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HealthCare.gov is a website that facilitates the sale of private health insurance plans and offers subsidies to eligible Americans under the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. Learn about its history, functionality, development, and controversies.
CMS is a U.S. agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and other health insurance standards and quality measures. It was established in 2001 and has over 6,000 employees in various locations.
Medicaid is a federal-state partnership that provides health coverage for low-income and disabled people in the United States. It was established in 1965 and expanded by the Affordable Care Act in 2010, and it covers various services such as long-term care, managed care, and prescription drugs.
Maryland Health Connection is the health insurance marketplace in Maryland, created by the Affordable Care Act. It offers plans, tax credits, and Medicaid enrollment, and opened two special enrollment periods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Housing and food are health care: How new Medicaid rules in 8 states stand to help the most vulnerable. Dom DiFurio. July 29, 2024 at 7:45 AM. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP // Getty Images.
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit number issued to health care providers in the US by CMS. Learn about the mandated and optional uses, signup process, identifier details, and open data set of NPI.
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
HCBS waivers are a type of Medicaid waiver that allow people to receive long-term care in community and residential settings instead of institutions. Learn about the origins, reforms and regulations of HCBS waivers, and how they relate to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the least restrictive environment.