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Marketplace Overview

Marketplace Overview. What is Connect for Health Colorado?. An open, competitive marketplace for individuals and small employers to: Compare health insurance costs and features side by side Shop plans containing the same base benefits

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Marketplace Overview

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  1. Marketplace Overview

  2. What is Connect for Health Colorado? An open, competitive marketplacefor individuals and small employers to: • Compare health insurance costs and features side by side • Shop plans containing the same base benefits • Determine eligibility for and access new federal financial assistance, based on income • Call, chat or sit down with trained representatives for help • Enroll in a health plan

  3. Connect for Health Colorado is NOT • A replacement for the current market or brokers • Engaged with negotiating rates between carriers and providers • Part of Medicaid • Offering Medicare or supplemental health plans • A new government health care system • A State agency or regulatory body • An organization that receives funding from Colorado General Fund

  4. Who can shop? • Coloradans who currently buy insurance on their own • Coloradans who are uninsured • Coloradans who are self-employed • Coloradans who don’t have access to affordable coverage through their employer • Coloradans with legal immigration status • Small employers with up to 50 full-time employees • Not for individuals eligible for Medicare or seeking supplemental plans

  5. Individual Marketplace Open Enrollment Deadline for enrollment to have coverage Jan. 1, 2014 Open Enrollment Begins Coverage begins Individual Open Enrollment Ends Oct. 1 Dec. 15 Jan. 1, 2014 March 31, 2014 Shopping starts October 1, 2013 Coverage Begins January 1, 2014

  6. What can individuals/families shop for? • 150 new health plans that include a comprehensive set of medical services and benefits, free preventive services • 10 Carriers: • Access Health Colorado, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cigna, Colorado Choice, Colorado HealthOP, Denver Health, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, UnitedHealthcare • PPO, HMO, HSA, CYA (high deductible plans for young adults) • Health plans with dental coverage and without • Separate dental plans • Find out eligibility for Medicaid and CHP+ and enroll • A link to vision plans

  7. Who can help you use the Marketplace? • Online chat and decision-support tools • Help over the phone by Customer Service Center Representatives through toll-free number • Impartial help in-person by certified Health Coverage Guides located at over 50 community-based Assistance Sites statewide • Advice in person and by phone by licensed and certified health insurance agents and brokers located statewide

  8. Key changes • Starting in 2014, you can not be denied health coverage based on a pre-existing condition or your health history • You will not be asked about your health history or medical needs when you apply for health insurance (other than pregnancy, tobacco use and disability status) • Starting in 2014, about 160,000 Coloradans will be newly eligible for Medicaid because of a state law passed this year; adults earning up to about $15,000 a year, couples earning up to about $21,000 and families of four earning up to about $32,000 will be eligible for Medicaid and the Marketplace will help you access Medicaid and CHP+

  9. Other facts to know • There will be set open enrollment periods for commercial health plans that will provide coverage for the calendar year • Oct. 1 2013 to March 31 2014 • Oct. 15, 2014 to Dec. 7, 2014 for future years • Customers who sign up by the 15th of the month will have coverage begin on the first of the next month; if you sign up after the 15th, you will wait until the following month • There will be ways to sign up for coverage outside of open enrollment periods (loss of job, marriage or divorce, move into the state, birth of child, change in income, etc)

  10. How much will I pay? • Prices depend on age, the region of the state in which you live, how many people are on plan, and if you use tobacco products • Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) approved rates in August • Prices will not be affected by your health needs or history • Preliminary filings show a wide range of prices for individuals: • Rates for a 21-year-old living in Denver range from $153 to $299 a month for bronze plans and from $201 to $377 for silver plans, before cost-reductions based on income. • Rates for a 40-year-old living in Denver range from $186 to $364 for bronze plans and from $245 to $460 for silver plans

  11. How can I organize my options? • Health plans will be organized by coverage levels based on how much of the services, on average, are paid for by the carrier and how much are paid for by the customer • Bronze (60% paid by carrier/ 40% paid by customer) • Silver (70/30) • Gold (80/20) • Platinum (90/10) • You can look for health plans by • medical provider and facility • Carrier • Coverage level • Premium

  12. Cost reductions for Individuals & Families New financial help to reduce the cost of premiums • Individual earning between $15,856 to $45,960/year • Couple earning between $21,404 to $62,040/year • Family of four earning $32,499 to $94,200/year • Tax credit applied up-front by IRS • Tax credit is higher for older Coloradans, especially for those ages 55-64 New financial help to reduce out of pocket costs (co-pays and deductibles) • Individuals earning $15,856 to $28,725/year • Family of 4 earning $32,499 to $58,875/year

  13. Small Employer Health Care Tax Credit Who qualifies? • Employers with fewer than 25 employees for the tax-year • Full-time employees • Add part-time hours and divide by 2080 to obtain full-time equivalent • Average employee income of less than $50,000 • (not counting owners or family members) • Employer must pay premiums under a “qualifying arrangement” with nondiscriminatory contributions of not less than 50% of employee cost

  14. Small Group Choices • 92 Health Plans • Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield • Colorado Choice • Colorado HealthOP • Kaiser Permanente • Rocky Mountain Health Plans • See Change Health

  15. Protecting Your Privacy • The Marketplace will comply with state and federal laws to protect your information • We won’t use or share your financial information after determination of eligibility for financial assistance is made • We won’t ask you for medical information (except for tobacco use, pregnancy and disability) • There will be strict security to protect access to files • The website and backup systems will have strong protections against outside attacks

  16. Key Takeaways • You have a broad array of health plan choices in one place • Connect for Health Colorado is the only place to access cost savings that you can use right away to reduce your costs • You can get help over the phone and in-person from a statewide network of trained professionals • Sign up by Dec. 15 to have your coverage start Jan. 1

  17. Resources • Website: www.ConnectforHealthCO.com • Email questions: Info@ConnectforHealthCO.com • Toll-free help by phone: 1-855-PLANS-4-YOU (855-752-6749) 8 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm Saturdays • County Snapshots: http://www.connectforhealthco.com/how-it-works/county-snapshots/

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