Connect for Health Colorado Updates

• “The state Division of Insurance (DOI) announced that remaining health insurance plans for individuals and for small employers that do not meet Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements will not continue into 2016. The decision does not affect grandfathered plans, which are defined by the ACA as plans with an effective date prior to March 23, 2010. The division estimates 74,811 people are enrolled in non-ACA compliant individual plans and 114,968 people are enrolled in non-ACA compliant small group plans.
• It was only half as long as our first one, but we connected 10% more Coloradans to health insurance coverage in this year's open enrollment. We finished among the top five state based marketplaces (click here for state totals). Enrollments increased in 63 of the state's 64 counties (Kiowa County's total dropped by two). Rural counties, which account for 8% of Colorado's counties, wound up with 10% of our enrollments.
• Earlier this week the DOI announced that it would not allow a Special Enrollment Period for individuals who wish to sign up for health insurance coverage after doing their income taxes and seeing the penalty for not having coverage. Federally Facilitated Marketplaces and some states have announced plans for special enrollments.
• Reminder: With our second open enrollment now behind us, our Customer Service Center is open for business from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday- Friday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.” [Source: Connect for Health Colorado]