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News by Topic: Benefit enrollment and application

Mar 13, 2025 - Pre-publication notice of proposed rule related to implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Marketplace. Among other things, this rule proposes revisions to standards relating to past-due premium payments; the evidentiary standard HHS uses to assess an agent's, broker's, or web-broker's potential noncompliance; income eligibility verifications for premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions; annual eligibility redetermination; the annual open enrollment period; special enrollment periods; and more. Comments are due by April 11, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Mar 10, 2025 -

Offers an overview of a proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule implementing changes to the Health Insurance Marketplaces. Changes include premium payment guidelines, enrollment, eligibility guidelines, services offered, and compliance regulation.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Feb 10, 2025 - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will hold a virtual public meeting of the Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs from February 25-26, 2025. The Committee will provide advice and guidance to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on all matters relating to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Native American Veterans. The agenda will include, among other things, updates from the VA Office of Tribal Government Relations, VA Office of Tribal Health, VHA/Indian Health Service (IHS)/Tribal Health Program (THP)/Urban Indian Organization (UIO), a panel on Tribal and Urban Indian Health, and a veteran panel with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA).
Source: Federal Register