This fact sheet is intended to help Navigators answer specific questions that people with disabilities might ask about the role health plan customer services can play when purchasers are considering buying health insurance through the Marketplace.* Click here for a pdf version of this Fact Sheet Q1. What are the primary purposes of health plan […] Read More »
Archives for March 2015
Fact Sheet #2 – Getting and Using Health Plan Member Handbook, Policy, or Contract (NY)
This fact sheet is intended to help Navigators answer specific questions that people with disabilities might ask about getting and using health plans’Member Handbook, Policy, or Contract documents when purchasers are considering buying health insurance through the Marketplace.* Click here for a pdf version of this Fact Sheet Q1. What is Member Handbook, Policy, or Contract? […] Read More »
HHS Releases Year 2 Enrollment Report
Last week, HHS through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released another enrollment report which encompasses the entire open enrollment period from November 15, 2014 through February 1, 2015. To read the full report from ASPE, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” ASPE has also released […] Read More »
March 13, 2015
TAX PENALTY SEP ABOUT TO BEGIN As we reported two weeks ago, CMS announced a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for those who will pay the tax penalty for not having coverage in 2014 and still do not have coverage for 2015 and that SEP begins Sunday. (Click here to read the news item on this […] Read More »
Questions About SEPs??
If you have questions about Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs), the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) has a couple resources you should check out. First is a new entry to their video series entitled: “Action on Special Enrollments in Affordable Care Act Plans.” The CHIR blog post, which includes the video, can be accessed here. […] Read More »
March 6, 2015
NEW STATE ANNOUNCES TAX PENALTY SEP As we reported last week, CMS announced a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for those who will pay the tax penalty for not having coverage in 2014 and still do not have coverage for 2015. (Click here to read the news item on this announcement.) However, since this only applies […] Read More »
Milliman Releases Marketplace Competitiveness Study
Last month, Milliman released a report which looked at the marketplaces in the federally facilitated marketplace states and how competition in the number of carriers and plans (or lack thereof) affected plan premiums. It also looked at how the number of hospitals in a geographic area affected premiums. To download a copy of this report, […] Read More »