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What State Marketplaces are Doing with Open Enrollment Extensions

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Earlier this week, we reported that CMS was granting a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for anyone who encountered difficulty completing their application prior to the February 15 deadline. This only applies to the 34 states in the federal marketplace. So what about the 17 state-based marketplaces? Here’s a breakdown: California: Consumers have until February 22 to complete (only […] Read More »

Understanding Terminology Used by States in ACA Reporting

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As you read reporting from different states on ACA enrollment, it is necessary to understand the specific terminology used as it can vary from state to state. A new report from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), the State Health Exchange Leadership Network, the State Health Reform Assistance Network and the National Academy for […] Read More »

Seedco Issues Report on Navigator Program

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Seedco has just issued a report on its navigator program. Seedco runs navigator programs in four states: Georgia, Maryland, New York and Tennessee. The report looks at the factors that led to successful enrollment in their navigator programs and makes recommendations based on these consumer experiences. For a link to Seedco’s website with a link to their […] Read More »

New Report Addresses the Issues in Pharmacy Benefit Designs

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The Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms recently released an issue brief entitled “Specialty Tier Pharmacy Benefit Designs in Commercial Insurance Policies: Issues and Considerations.” A prescription drug benefit can be especially important for people with disabilities as they are considering their options in qualified health plans. This issue brief draws attention to how insurance companies have started treating prescription […] Read More »

What States Have Released Exchange Plan Rates for 2015

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If you’re wondering if your state has released information on premium rates for qualified health plans in 2015, be sure to check out the resource map from the State Refor(u)m run by the National Academy for State Health Policy. As of the writing this post, 12 states plus DC have released information: Colorado, Connecticut, District […] Read More »

HHS Releases Enrollment Data

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Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the latest enrollment data through March 31 which was the official end of open enrollment. These numbers include enrollment from the federally facilitated marketplace as well as the numbers from the state-based marketplaces. To read the news release from HHS, click here. The specific reports […] Read More »

March Enrollment Updates for State-Based Marketplaces

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Many states which were running their own state-based marketplace are now releasing the reports for their enrollment up through the March 31 deadline. Here are the links to some of those states’ reports: Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Hawaii Kentucky Maryland Minnesota Nevada New York Rhode Island Read More »

Healthcare.gov Extension until April 15

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What Does It Mean for the State-Based Marketplaces? Before the March 31 enrollment deadline, HHS had announced that consumers who started or attempted to start an enrollment application by the deadline would be given an extension of time to complete it. Last week, we posted an update on the specifics of that extension – that […] Read More »

NASHP Releases Issue Briefs on Health Reform Impact in States

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The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released nine issue briefs that address how health reform is being implemented in eight different states and how the implementation is affecting outcomes. The eight states included in the briefs are: Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon and Virginia. The nine issue brief topics […] Read More »