An update on ACA Navigator and In-Person Assister programs

An update on ACA Navigator and In-Person Assister programs -

A year ago, healthcare professionals trying to make matters to help make sense of the Navigator Affordable Care Act and Assister in-person programs designed Americans enroll in Health Insurance market plans. A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation provides an overview of status, achievements and challenges of these programs.

Background information on navigators and In-person Assis Marketers , in this article.

Where the ACA Navigator and Assister programs

are

of KFF report states:

• During the first open enrollment period for the marketplaces, more than 4,400 Assister programs, more than 28,000 full-time equivalent staff and volunteers busy, helped an estimated 10.6 million people.

• more than 70% of the assister were financed privately or by a federal safety net clinic program.

• Assister programs largely centered around consumer education - to help people to understand the ACA or health insurance. Almost three quarters of the programs say most consumers, enlisted the help claiming to fight even basic health insurance terms like "deductible" or understand, "Network Service".

• Nearly 0% of Assister programs report the majority of consumers did not help were insured.

• consumer help was not always an efficient process and took a significant amount of time per case with 64% of programs expenditure between one and help two hours reporting each consumer, on average.

• Ninety percent (0%) of the Assister programs have already been contacted again by consumers with post-enrollment questions and problems.

• say three-quarters of Assister programs that it is very likely they will support the market next year offer to continue.

The report also states that the Assister programs is likely to play a growing important role in determining how much enrollment in 2015. by KFF, projected won the Congressional Budget Office ( CBO) that 13 million people could enroll in health plans market in 2015, 5 million more than registered during the first open enrollment period. But, increasing enrollment will require first cover for current enrollees maintenance and many people can help re-need application for coverage or subsidies.

Source: KFF

What is the role of the producer

discussion of navigators and Assister programs allowed to ask about the role of health insurance? Brokers and agents - where they enroll with the support of consumers in market coverage

manufacturers are a valuable (if not the most valuable) resource for consumers in the plans of enrollment fit in ?. For example: , a recent survey revealed that consumers found to be insurance brokers , the helpful market resource compared to navigators, Assis Planters, call centers and online support Services.

Yet many manufacturers feel been swept by the ACA under the carpet. Or rather, that the ACA was not easy to play it for the manufacturers a defined role.? - And paid

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