CMS Announces Navigator Grants

As shared by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS):

“Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded $10 million in Navigator grant awards to 39 organizations who will serve as Navigators in Federally-facilitated Exchange states. These awards will support the work of organizations that offer assistance to consumers navigating, shopping for, and enrolling in health insurance coverage for 2019. 

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Navigators are one of many ways individuals can get help shopping for, and enrolling in, health insurance coverage; CMS continues to expand options for individuals to enroll in coverage through partnerships with the private sector, including agents and brokers and health insurance issuers.”

The announcement also includes a list of organizations that received the grants. ANCOR is sharing this item as Navigators have been helpful to people with I/DD.