Family-Friendly Enrollment

Health Reform Enrollment July 2012 Update

As the deadline for full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) quickly approaches, many states are hard at work developing health insurance exchanges and eligibility/enrollment systems on their own. Vermont is one of a half dozen states partnering with The New England States Collaborative Insurance Exchange Systems (NESCIES) to pool their resources to develop cutting edge and cost-effective technology components, software and best practices for the implementation of an insurance exchange. What Vermont policymakers understand, and others often miss, is the value of taking a comprehensive and coordinated approach to health information technology (HIT) — both in terms of partnering with other states to develop core systems components that can be shared as well as in terms of coordinating across its own enterprise.

Download Background Document: A Closer Look at Vermont

Download recommendations sent to California policymakers responsible for designing eligibility and enrollment under ACA

Kristen Golden Testa, Health Director
Health Action 2012 Families USA, Washington DC
January 19, 2012

Download the Power Point

 By Dawn Horner and Beth Morrow | January 2012

This roadmap lays out the four design features (and practical recommendations for action within each) necessary to enroll almost 4 million Californians newly eligible for subsidized health coverage under health reform, in addition to assisting the over 8 million already receiving such coverage. While written with a specific focus on California, the information and recommendations in the report will be relevant to decisionmakers in any state.

Download the Executive Summary
Download the Full Report