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 »
Archives for 2015
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 »
February 27, 2015
TIS THE SEASON FOR SEPs Now that open enrollment has ended, it is the season for Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) and the NDNRC has what you need to keep you fully informed. Last Friday after our weekly update was prepared, CMS announced that there would be a new SEP for those who will pay the […] Read More »
What State Marketplaces are Doing with Tax Penalty SEPs
Last Friday, CMS announced that there would be a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for anyone who has to pay the “shared financial responsibility payment” also known as the tax penalty. Individuals who have to pay the penalty for not having coverage in 2014 and who do not have coverage for 2015 and attest that they didn’t […] Read More »
Urban Institute Releases Report on Special Enrollment Periods
The Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with input from the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms have released a report on state-based marketplaces (SBMs) and how they handled Special Enrollment Periods (SEPs) in the first year of open enrollment. The report looks at five SBMs – California, the District of Columbia, […] Read More »
Enroll America Releases Report on OE2
Enroll America recently released a report on Open Enrollment Year 2 entitled “State of Enrollment: Helping America Get Covered & Stay Covered, 2014-2015.” The report shows how ACA enrollment has reduced uninsured rates (see graphic from the report below) and it also surveys the experience of the last year and outlines lessons learned. To download a […] Read More »
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