1. Jennifer Goldberg Maryland Legal Aid October 29, 2013 The Road Ahead: What Legal Services May See 1

2. Our final session today Cases we could see Key Takeaways for client service Resources Evaluations and Future Trainings 2

3. Medical Assistance Appeals Decrease in disability cases Possible new cases – MAGI-related cases – Household composition – Former foster youth 3

4. Appeals of Individual Eligibility for Maryland Health Connection Eligibility for advance premium tax credits or cost sharing reductions Amount of tax credits Amount of cost-sharing reduction Household composition MAGI issues 4

5. Clients may need counseling about… Notices and appeals Requirement to have health insurance What it means to claim someone on your taxes Who counts in their household for Medical Assistance and Maryland Health Connection Immigrant eligibility 5

6. Key Takeaways For Outreach Talk about health insurance Let uninsured Marylanders know that they could be eligible for Medical Assistance or other low cost, high quality insurance Share written materials about health care Refer Marylanders to www.marylandhealthconnection.gov www.marylandhealthconnection.gov 6

7. This is all new! We can’t predict exactly what will happen Please share the cases you see www.MDJustice.org 7

8. Resources Maryland Health Connection – www.marylandhealthconnection.gov www.marylandhealthconnection.gov Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform – www.healthreform.Maryland.gov] www.healthreform.Maryland.gov Maryland Health Benefit Exchange – www.marylandhbe.com www.marylandhbe.com Maryland Insurance Administration – www.mdinsurance.state.md.us www.mdinsurance.state.md.us Health Education & Advocacy Unit of the Attorney General’s Office – www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/HEAU.htm www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/HEAU.htm 8

9. In conclusion…. Legal Services are well-positioned to: – Encourage enrollment – Answer questions about eligibility – Ensure that everyone can access health care Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services …. --Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 9

10. Evaluations and Future Trainings Please help us make future trainings better by completing your evaluations. Thank you! 10

11. Questions? Jennifer Goldberg Director of Advocacy for Elder Law and Health Care (301) 560-2136 jgoldberg@mdlab.org www.mdlab.org www.mdjustice.org 11