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Health Insurance Terminology

Kaiser Family Foundation

Are you seeking further information related to either the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and/or Medicare? Please see the following link:

Public Charge Rule

The Public Charge Rule would have widened the definition of what makes an immigrant a public charge.
Public charge persons would have been considered individuals who depend on the government for assistance with healthcare, housing and food. Currently, only those who receive cash benefits or long-term institutional care can be considered public charges.
As of October 15th, 2019 the Public Charge Rule has been blocked by multiple courts. For further information please see the following link: https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/

Section 1557

Section 1557 is the pending nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law endeavored to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs or activities.

On May 13, 2016, the HHS Office for Civil Rights issued the final rule implementing Section 1557.

As of October 15th, 2019 parts of Section 1557 have been vacated. For further information please see the following link.

Health and Human Services

If you feel you have been discriminated against under one of the areas protected by Section 1557, you may file a Civil Rights Complaint through Health and Human Services. Please see the following link.

Texas v. United States

In December 2017, a bill was passed which eliminated any tax penalties incurred due to failure of maintaining Health Coverage.
In February 2018, a lawsuit was filed stating that the US Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act specifically because it exercised Congress' taxing power. Taking the tax away, therefore, made the law unconstitutional.
As of July 9, 2019, the decision is still pending. For further information please see the following link.

Young Invincibles

The Young Invincibles was founded in 2009 and focuses on promoting information related to accessibility barriers to Health Care Coverage for millennial’s. Since their creation, the Young Invincibles have expanded to cover multiple areas ranging from Health Care, Higher Education, Workforces/Finances and Civic Engagement. For more info see the following link.

Assister Certification Training

The following link will direct you to the cms.gov website. If you are not already a certified Assister you will need to register for a Marketplace Learning Management System (MLMS) application. If you were already registered you will need to login. All training provided is web based.

New Users: https://portal.cms.gov/wps/portal/unauthportal/selfservice/newuserregistration/
Existing Users: https://portal.cms.gov/wps/portal/unauthportal/home

Certified Application Counselor Training Courses

The following provides a sequence of supplemental courses through the CMS.gov website:

Guide to Immigrant Documents

The following reference guide walks you through samples of different immigration documents that are used in Healthcare.gov. In addition, it will provide notes on where different document numbers are located.

Supplemental Training to work with LGBT Populations

This supplemental training is provided by Out2Enroll and caters to working with members of the LGBT population.

Training Tutorials

The following link provides walkthroughs and tutorials for navigators, agents, brokers, and other assisters about to begin

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