HHS News Releases Week of October 30, 2022

Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Medicare with Finalized Policies to Simplify Enrollment and Expand Access to Coverage

October 28, 2022

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare enrollment and eligibility rules to expand coverage for people with Medicare and advance health equity.  Read full news release »

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More than Half of All States Have Expanded Access to 12 Months of Medicaid and CHIP Postpartum Coverage

October 27, 2022

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced that more than half of all states have expanded access to 12 months of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage after pregnancy.  Read full news release »

Biden-Harris Administration Launches Window-Shopping for Affordable and Accessible Health Care Marketplace

October 26, 2022

The Biden-Harris Administration has made expanding access to health insurance and lowering health care costs for America’s families a top priority, and, starting today, consumers can preview their health care coverage options and see the savings available to them in the most competitive Marketplace in history.  Read full news release »

Ahead of Open Enrollment, New HHS Report Shows Major Gains in Marketplace Enrollment Among Black and Latino Populations Last Year

October 25, 2022

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new report showing significant gains in health insurance coverage during the 2021 and 2022 HealthCare.gov Open Enrollment periods among populations with historically higher uninsured rates such as Black and Latino consumers.  Read full news release »