Insurance Exchanges

The State of West Virginia issued this Request for Proposal for those interested in providing in-person assistance services and oversight for the federally administered West Virginia Health Benefit Marketplace.

One in four consumers who will apply for health coverage through the new health insurance marketplaces speak a language other than English at home. The Affordable Care Act and federal civil rights laws require marketplaces to provide language services for people with limited English proficiency (LEP). It is critical that marketplaces develop robust standards to ensure that these language services enable LEP consumers to successfully enroll in, use, and retain coverage. This checklist provides a list of recommendations that advocates can use to encourage their states to address the needs of LEP consumers in their health insurance marketplace.

To foster competition among health plans featured in the insurance exchanges, the ACA requires that at least two participating plans be multi-state health plans—plans that can cross state lines and be sold nationwide. In this updated implementation brief, the authors review the final Multi-State Plan Program regulations and outline key questions, including how the plans will work under conflicting state laws, and how the plans will be phased into the market.

This three-part document provides a high-level overview of the role of agents and brokers in Federally-facilitated and State Partnership Marketplaces, also known as exchanges. It addresses common questions raised by states and other stakeholders on the role of agents and brokers in all Marketplaces – including State-based Marketplaces.  It also includes process flows for both pathways.

Vermont has released the preliminary rate filings for the qualified health plans (QHPs) to be sold on its health insurance exchange. This document details the proposed rates, which still need to be approved by the state.