Leveraging Touchpoints

The Biden Administration just announced another $100 million in funding for health navigation services, in order to assist consumers and small businesses in finding coverage through HealthCare.gov—in advance of this year’s Marketplace Open Enrollment which begins November 1, 2024. The grants have been made to 44 grantees in states using HealthCare.gov.;Navigators are trained to provide support for enrollment in Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage, as well as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage.

The question is why invest so much in health navigation services? From the HHS perspective, the primary . . .