With the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), many people who do not have insurance are wondering if they can now enroll in a plan. Currently, individuals in states on the federally facilitated marketplace that use healthcare.gov are ineligible for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) as the federal government has not authorized a SEP due to […] Read More »
State-Based Marketplace OE6 Deadlines
Open Enrollment Year 6 (OE6) ends tomorrow, 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 OE6. Several of the state-based marketplaces follow the federally facilitated marketplace with open enrollment ending tomorrow, December 15. These five states are: Connecticut, Idaho, Maryland, Vermont […] Read More »
State-Based Marketplace OE5 Dates
Open Enrollment Year 5 (OE5) will start on Wednesday, November 1. The dates for open enrollment this year are different than they were in prior years as OE5 will end on December 15, 2017. These dates apply for marketplaces on the federally facilitated exchange (healthcare.gov). Some states who are running their own state-based marketplace will […] Read More »
New Kaiser Brief Looks at 2018 Marketplace
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks at the status of the upcoming marketplace for the 2018 plan year. The brief entitled “An Early Look at 2018 Premium Changes and Insurer Participation on ACA Exchanges” examines some of the preliminary filings done by insurers in 20 states plus the District of Columbia […] Read More »
New Report Addresses Standardized Benefit Designs in SBMs
A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute looks at how successful state-based marketplaces (SBMs) have been with implementing standardized benefit design. The report examined four SBMs, all of which allow non-standardized plans in addition to standardized ones. The four states were Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Oregon. The study finds […] Read More »
Kaiser Analyzes 2017 Premiums
A new issue brief by the Kaiser Family Foundation analyzes the 2017 premiums for the lowest-cost silver plan in 14 cities where the information is available to conduct such an analysis.The states represented by those cities are Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and […] Read More »
Easter Seals Seeks Input on Consumer Experiences
The national office of Easter Seals is doing research to collect information about how the benefits in the Affordable Care Act are working in the real world. This project is seeking information about the experience of individuals who have purchased insurance plans through the exchanges in six states: Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Texas. […] Read More »
NASHP Releases Report on State Enrollment Experiences
The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) has published an issue brief that examines the enrollment experiences of 10 different states. “State Enrollment Experience: Implementing Health Coverage Eligibility and Enrollment Systems under the ACA” looks at how these states addressed the requirements of the Affordable Care Act as it related to eligibility determinations and enrollment. The brief examines […] Read More »
New Report Addresses Enrollment of Diverse Populations
The Texas Health Institute has released a report on the efforts in some states to enroll racially and ethnically diverse populations. “Evolution of Health Insurance Marketplaces: Experiences and Progress in Reaching and Enrolling Diverse Populations” looks at eleven states and what efforts were made to reach these populations in the first two years open enrollment […] Read More »
Georgetown Center Releases Report on Consumer Assistance Needs
The Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms has released a new issue brief which looks at the consumer assistance experience before, during and after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. It looked at consumer assistance programs in 12 different states plus DC to see what the needs of consumers were. Not surprisingly, the […] Read More »