Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage, A Case Study on Eagle; Garfield; and Pitkin Counties; Colorado

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Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage, A Case Study on Eagle; Garfield; and Pitkin Counties; Colorado

Author

Lopez; Christian ; Bharmal; Nazleen ; Armstrong; Courtney ; Williams; Malcolm V. ; Martin; Laurie T.

Year

2016

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RAND Corporation

Language

English

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14-Jan-2026

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Health Sciences ; History ; Business

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)¹ laid the groundwork for a substantial increase in the number of people who have access to health insurance through Medicaid expansion or health insurance marketplaces.² During the first openenrollment season, states used a variety of strategies to reach out to and enroll newly eligible people. Typically, federal and state funding was used to develop navigator programs in each state. The design of these programs differed by location,³ and, although many stakeholders were involved in these efforts, state and local health departments (LHDs) were, and remain, a relatively untapped resource.⁴ This is somewhat...