Friday, October 24, 2014
Keeping Covered: The Affordable Care Act’s First Reenrollment Period for Marketplace Plans
On November 15, the health insurance marketplaces will open for the 2015 enrollment period. As many as 13 million people may have a plan through the marketplaces by the end of the three-month period. Among those will be people who are continuing their coverage and tax credits from last year. This “reenrollment” will be a first-time experience for the marketplaces and consumers, and it will be administratively complex for everyone.1 We take a look at the questions consumers should ask and what action they need to take to keep covered in 2015....