OE8 ENDS – CAN YOU STILL GET COVERED? Please note: with the upcoming holidays, we will not have a NDNRC Update the next two weeks. The NDNRC Update will return January 8th. Happy Holidays from AAHD & Happy New Year! While Open Enrollment Year 8 (OE8) ended on Tuesday for most, there is still an […] Read More »
Archives for December 2020
State-Based Marketplace OE8 Deadlines
Open Enrollment Year 8 (OE8) ended yesterday, December 15 for marketplaces on the federally facilitated exchange (healthcare.gov). Some states who run their own state-based marketplace have an extended period for OE8. The following eleven states have deadlines for their open enrollment periods as follows: California: January 31, 2021 Colorado: January 15, 2021 District of Columbia: […] Read More »
Kaiser Report Examines Health Coverage During the Pandemic
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected health insurance coverage. The report entitled “How Has the Pandemic Affected Health Coverage in the U.S.?” shows that employer-based coverage did drop as a result of the pandemic, but this may have been offset by increases in coverage through […] Read More »
December 11, 2020
OE8 DEADLINE APPROACHES On Tuesday, Open Enrollment Year 8 (OE8) comes to a close, and on Wednesday, CMS issued its Week Five Enrollment Snapshot. This snapshot shows that through December 5th, over 3.8 million consumers had selected plans through healthcare.gov. This does not include consumers who enrolled in a state-based marketplace, including the new state-based […] Read More »
Report Shows Public Coverage Needed for Dental, Vision and Hearing Benefits
Yesterday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report which looks at the need for Medicare and Medicaid to add dental, vision and hearing benefits which cover the programs’ beneficiaries. The report goes into detail about coverage for these three areas in both Medicare and Medicaid and how many individuals on these programs […] Read More »
December 4, 2020
PROPOSED NBPP RELEASED On the day before Thanksgiving, CMS released their proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP) for the 2022 plan year. The NBPP is the regulatory framework which CMS uses to operate the federally facilitated marketplace (healthcare.gov). For links to the actual proposed rules, the CMS press release and the summary fact […] Read More »
