A web briefing at noon ET Wednesday will examine the landscape around Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces and the open enrollment period beginning Nov. 1, which continues to shift with the Trump administration’s announcements last week.
"Though the 2010 health law remains intact for now, consumers will see fundamental differences this year when it comes to signing up for 2018 marketplace plans. Premiums are increasing significantly in some states, though not all consumers will feel the impact," says the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is sponsoring the webinar.
"The enrollment period is shorter. Healthcare.gov will experience regular planned outages. And understanding plans and their true costs could be more challenging, due to steps insurers and regulators took to mitigate political uncertainty about the ACA. Additionally, fewer navigators will be available to help consumers with their questions, following deep funding cuts from the federal government."
The web briefing, which is only for news media, will examine these issues:
What are implications of a shortened open enrollment period? (Nov. 1-Dec. 15, half as long as last year)
What are trends in premium changes for 2018, and how does this compare to prior years?
Who is subject to premium increases, and which plans do the increases apply to?
Who is eligible for financial assistance, and how does this assistance affect affordability of coverage?
What can consumers expect when it comes to choice of insurers in marketplaces?
When and how can consumers renew their coverage or shop for a new plan?
Where can consumers get help signing up for coverage, and how does this differ from prior years?
What is the penalty for not having health insurance in 2018, and who is exempt?
What is the potential impact on marketplace premiums of President Trump’s decision to end cost-sharing subsidy payments to insurers?
How have other actions by the Trump administration affected marketplaces, and what is the outlook going forward?
Panelists will include Larry Levitt, senior vice president for special initiatives and co-executive director of the foundation’s Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance; Karen Pollitz, senior fellow at the foundation; and Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform and associate director of the foundation’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. To RSVP for the briefing, click here.
"Though the 2010 health law remains intact for now, consumers will see fundamental differences this year when it comes to signing up for 2018 marketplace plans. Premiums are increasing significantly in some states, though not all consumers will feel the impact," says the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is sponsoring the webinar.
"The enrollment period is shorter. Healthcare.gov will experience regular planned outages. And understanding plans and their true costs could be more challenging, due to steps insurers and regulators took to mitigate political uncertainty about the ACA. Additionally, fewer navigators will be available to help consumers with their questions, following deep funding cuts from the federal government."
The web briefing, which is only for news media, will examine these issues:
What are implications of a shortened open enrollment period? (Nov. 1-Dec. 15, half as long as last year)
What are trends in premium changes for 2018, and how does this compare to prior years?
Who is subject to premium increases, and which plans do the increases apply to?
Who is eligible for financial assistance, and how does this assistance affect affordability of coverage?
What can consumers expect when it comes to choice of insurers in marketplaces?
When and how can consumers renew their coverage or shop for a new plan?
Where can consumers get help signing up for coverage, and how does this differ from prior years?
What is the penalty for not having health insurance in 2018, and who is exempt?
What is the potential impact on marketplace premiums of President Trump’s decision to end cost-sharing subsidy payments to insurers?
How have other actions by the Trump administration affected marketplaces, and what is the outlook going forward?
Panelists will include Larry Levitt, senior vice president for special initiatives and co-executive director of the foundation’s Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance; Karen Pollitz, senior fellow at the foundation; and Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform and associate director of the foundation’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured. To RSVP for the briefing, click here.
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