Earlier this week we reported that Healthcare.gov was experiencing unprecedented traffic in advance of the December 15 deadline to get coverage that would be effective for January 1, 2016. In response to this demand, CMS has extended the deadline to enroll until December 17th at 11:59 PST. To read the Healthcare.gov alert, click here. To […] Read More »
December 15 Deadline is Approaching
With the December 15 deadline to get coverage that will be effective, January 1st, Healthcare.gov has been experiencing unprecedented traffic. As a result, today CMS issued the following statement which addresses how they are handling the increased traffic. CMS Statement: There are less than two days remaining for consumers to sign up for coverage that […] Read More »
Enroll America Launches Get Covered Plan Explorer
Last month, Enroll America launched the Get Covered Plan Explorer. This new tool is designed to allow the consumer to shop for insurance through the marketplace and examine how their own healthcare utilization may effect their decisions on plan selection. To access the Get Covered Plan Explorer, click here. Enroll America also conducted a webinar demonstrating how to use this tool. […] Read More »
Kaiser Brief Examines Tax Penalty
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief which looks at the tax penalty for not fulfilling the requirements of the individual mandate by not having minimum essential coverage through a qualified health plan. The penalty per adult for the first year of open enrollment was $95 per adult and increased to $325 in […] Read More »
CMS Webinar Slides Available
Last Friday we presented on the CMS Assisters webinar. If you missed that presentation, we’ve archived the slides and they can be accessed by clicking here. They are also available on our Webinars/Presentations page. Finally, CMS does have the webinar archived currently and it can be viewed by clicking here and registering. Read More »
NDNRC Presenting on the Friday CMS Webinar
As we previously reported in our weekly newsletter, we are going to be presenting on the CMS Assisters webinar this coming Friday, December 4 at 2:00 PM ET. Along with a general overview of the resources available through the NDNRC, we will be presenting our newest “Health Insurance Jeopardy” round which will focus on the population […] Read More »
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for September 2015
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from September 2015. To read the report from CMS, click here. The report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Read More »
New Kaiser Brief Looks at Medicaid Expansion Waivers
Many of the newer states that expanded Medicaid have done so in a less traditional way as they expanded Medicaid through a waiver. A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation reviews what these six states are doing or are planning to do. The six states are Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana and New […] Read More »
Kaiser Updates Calculator for OE3
The Kaiser Family Foundation has updated their Marketplace Calculator for OE3. Their calculator tool gives a basic snapshot of what financial assistance consumers could potentially receive and approximately how much a silver plan will cost the consumer taking into account any tax credit for which they would be eligible. Subsidies change from year-to-year depending on what plans are […] Read More »
Kaiser Issue Brief on Savings Available when Shopping for Coverage
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the potential savings consumers would find if they actively shopped for their 2016 coverage rather than allowing themselves be passively re-enrolled. Kaiser found that that in 73 percent of counties in the federally facilitated marketplaces, people who were enrolled in the lowest-cost silver plan for 2015 […] Read More »
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