From Families USA
Filling in Gaps in Consumer Assistance: How Exchanges Can Use Assisters explains the key differences between navigator and assister programs and how in-person assistance can function in the different types of exchanges. It also recommends actions advocates can take. (November 2012)
Health Homes in Medicaid: Challenges and Opportunities for Advocates defines Health Homes and discusses their potential to improve care for vulnerable patients, the role that advocates can play, and challenges that states and advocates will face. It includes a chart that summarizes key details of Health Homes in IA, MO, NC, NY, OH, OR, and RI. (November 2012)
The Medicaid Upgrade: Required and Optional Medicaid Eligibility Changes for 2014 is a chart that outlines changes that states are required to make and changes that they have the option to pursue in order to make the eligibility process more streamlined and consumer-friendly. (November 2012)
Exchange Implementation: To Partner or Not to Partner? lists questions to consider in determining whether a partnership exchange would be in the best interest of consumers and small businesses in states that are unlikely to establish state-based exchanges. (October 2012)
State Responsibilities in a Partnership Exchange explains the options for states that choose to implement a partnership exchange, and it describes the functions that partner states will need to perform. (October 2012)
More Resources
Brokers and Agents and Health Insurance Exchanges (September 2012)
Cutting Medicaid: Ineffective and Harmful (September 2012)
ObamaCare versus RomneyCare versus RomneyCandidate Care, a report from our 501(c)(4) partner (September 2012)
Go to Publications by Date for a complete list of publications by year.
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Videos from Families USA
 The Consumer Assistance Programs Resource Center includes state profiles and information on best practices. l Program Locator
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