CMS remains committed to protecting consumers in the Marketplaces to ensure they are enrolled in the plan of their choosing and to terminate brokers who defraud consumers. We are taking stronger actions given very concerning activity by some agents and brokers related to unauthorized plan switches and unauthorized enrollments—where a consumer was switched from their selected plan into a new one or signed up for coverage... Read more

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is publishing a final rule to modify the definition of “lawfully present” applicable to eligibility for enrollment in a Qualified Health Plan (QHP) through the Health Insurance Marketplace and a Basic Health Program (BHP). With this modification, DACA recipients will no longer be excluded from... Read more

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency.CMS Extends MassHealth Demonstration Promoting Affordable Coverage, Continuous Eligibility to Additional Populations, and Health-Related Social Needs Services  Read more

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing commitment to ensuring affordable, quality health care for all, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), finalized a rule that will expand access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Today’s rule ensures DACA recipients will no longer be exclude... Read more