The Medicaid continuous coverage requirement will end on April 1 at which point, many may find themselves without coverage. CMS has announced that those individuals who lose coverage due to a Medicaid redetermination will be eligible for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) to enroll in a plan through the ACA Marketplace. This SEP will be […] Read More »

Open Enrollment Year 10 (OE10) concluded January 15 and the results are in – a record number of people enrolled for coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. In total, over 16.3 million individuals selected plans on the ACA marketplaces during OE10. This includes over 3.6 million new customers compared to those who enrolled […] Read More »

Yesterday, CMS released the latest enrollment numbers for OE10 through January 7. As of the end of last week, 15.9 million people have enroll in coverage through the ACA marketplace, including over 3 million new enrollees for 2023. To learn more about the enrollment numbers, check out the following links: CMS Fact Sheet CMS Press […] Read More »

As part of the year end omnibus spending package passed by Congress in December, there was a provision in the law which brought some certainty to the end of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement that was tied to the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE). When the COVID-19 pandemic began, one of the early […] Read More »

As we approach the end of Open Enrollment, it’s important to note that any plan purchased through Healthcare.gov is required to cover 10 Essential Health Benefits. Check out our newest comic featuring Olli the NaviGator for a primer on those benefits: Find more information about the Essential Health Benefits covered under Marketplace health insurance plans […] Read More »

At the end of December, CMS released the latest numbers on enrollment for Open Enrollment Year 10 (OE10) through December 15. As of December 15, almost 11.5 million people had enrolled for coverage through the ACA marketplaces – either through healthcare.gov or a state-based marketplace. That represented a 1.8 million increase over the same time […] Read More »

Earlier this week, CMS released the proposed rule for the 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP). The NBPP is the regulatory framework which CMS uses to operate the federally facilitated marketplace (healthcare.gov). Below are links to the relevant documents released by CMS on the NBPP. Comments on the proposed rules are due 45 […] Read More »

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, there are expanded subsidies available to consumers buying health insurance through the Marketplace! Getting covered is now more affordable than ever. Learn more about the subsidies you might qualify for in our newest comic: Check out this subsidy calculator to see what your health coverage might cost in 2023! Read More »

Yesterday, CMS released the latest numbers on enrollment thus far through OE10. As of December 3, over 5.4 million individuals have gotten coverage through the ACA marketplaces – either through healthcare.gov or a state-based marketplace. Included in that number is 1.2 million individuals who are new enrollees for 2023. To learn more about the enrollment […] Read More »