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Starting in 2014, individuals and small businesses will have access to the same kind of affordable insurance choices as Members of Congress and will be able to purchase private health insurance through Affordable Insurance Exchanges. Exchanges offer Americans competition, choice, and clout. Insurance companies will compete for business on a level and transparent playing field, driving down costs. In addition, long standing gaps in eligibility for Medicaid for the lowest-income Americans will be closed. Through the Exchanges, individuals will be able to find out if they are eligible for advance payments of premium tax credits or other health programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and enroll promptly and easily in the appropriate program.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) along with the Department of the Treasury released three proposed rules on August 12, 2011, to build on existing momentum toward Exchange development in States. This fact sheet explains one of those proposals, the Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility proposed rule. This rule expands and simplifies Medicaid eligibility and promotes a simple, seamless system of affordable coverage by coordinating Medicaid and CHIP with the new Exchanges. It also proposes State options for accessing the new federal funding linked to newly eligible individuals.

Under the Affordable Care Act, millions of uninsured Americans will gain access to affordable coverage through Affordable Insurance Exchanges and improvements in Medicaid and CHIP. These insurance affordability programs will use consistent standards and systems to seamlessly and efficiently meet consumers’ needs, improve quality, and lower costs.

Expanding access to affordable coverage with significant federal support. Today, most low-income adults who are not offered affordable health insurance through their job are not eligible for Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act fills in current gaps in coverage for the poorest Americans by creating a minimum Medicaid income eligibility level across the country. Most adults under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) – $14,500 for an individual and $29,700 for a family of four in 2011 – will be eligible for Medicaid. Children will be eligible for either Medicaid or CHIP at higher income levels based on the eligibility standards already in effect in their State. The proposed rule also implements the policy to provide significant federal funding for States to fill in gaps in coverage for low-income people. The rule proposes:◦A new Medicaid coverage group that will cover adults with incomes up to 133 percent of the FPL. For example, an uninsured 55-year old woman with no children who is a server in a restaurant that does not offer insurance would qualify for Medicaid under this new coverage group if she earns less than $14,000 in a year.◦New federal matching rates that will provide 100 percent federal funding for newly eligible individuals for three years (CY 2014 – 2016), gradually reduced to 90 percent in 2020, where it remains permanently. The rule also proposes the new federal matching rates for “expansion States” – those that expanded coverage in Medicaid for adults before enactment of the Affordable Care Act. The proposal offers States a choice of new approaches for how they can access new federal funding for newly eligible individuals. Rather than require them to track who would be eligible before and after the health reform law passed, the proposal lets States opt to use “proxy” rules for who is newly eligible, statistical sampling, or data-driven estimates of the proportion of spending a-sociated with newly eligible individuals. The rule solicits other ideas for approaches that will a-sure accuracy while reducing administrative burden.

Simplifying Medicaid and CHIP. Under the proposal, complex eligibility rules would be replaced by simple income-based rules and systems for processing applications for most Medicaid applicants. Annual renewals of eligibility would be modernized, and outdated, obsolete policies and procedures would be eliminated. These proposed changes build on successful State efforts (see text box) to streamline eligibility, enrollment and renewal processes and apply these simplifications nationally. The proposed rule would:

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Starting in 2014, millions of individuals, families, and small businesses will have access to the same kind of affordable insurance choices as Members of Congress through the purchase of private health insurance through Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges). Exchanges will offer Americans competition, choice, and clout. Insurance companies will compete for business on a level playing field, driving down costs. Exchanges will make it easy for individual consumers and small businesses to compare qualified health plans. And Exchanges will give individuals and small businesses the same purchasing clout as big businesses.

States are already working to establish Exchanges. Forty-nine States, the District of Columbia and four territories applied for grants to help plan and operate Exchanges. Over half of all States have taken additional action beyond receiving a planning grant such as passing legislation or taking Administrative action to begin building exchanges.

Easy and Fast: The eligibility process will minimize burden on States and individuals by relying on electronic data sources to verify applicant information wherever possible. In most cases, this will allow for a near real-time eligibility process so that individuals can receive an eligibility determination and enroll in a plan in a single session.

Coordinated: By using the same simplified eligibility rules for premium tax credits, Medicaid and CHIP, individuals can enroll in the program that best fits their needs without unnecessary steps or redundant paperwork.

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Starting January 1, 2014, Americans will have access to Affordable Insurance Exchanges, State-based competitive marketplaces where individuals and small businesses will be able to purchase private health insurance and have the same affordable insurance choices as Members of Congress. Exchanges will begin operating in 2014 and will make it easy for consumers and small businesses to compare health plans, get answers to questions, and enroll in or offer to their employees a health insurance plan that meets their needs. Individuals will be able to find out if they are eligible for advance payments of premium tax credits and cost sharing reductions, or health programs like the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); small businesses will only be eligible for the small business tax credit for coverage purchased for employees through the Exchange.

An Exchange is a State-based competitive health insurance marketplace where people and small businesses can shop for and buy affordable private health insurance. An Exchange is not a private insurance company or a government-run health plan.

The Affordable Care Act makes it much easier for you to get affordable coverage. In 2014, you will be able to access the Exchange online or over the phone and determine whether you are eligible for tax credits and reduced cost sharing for health insurance, see your plan choices, compare cost and quality, and enroll in coverage. You will also be able to see if you or your family might be eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Exchanges will help make it easier for you to keep your coverage, even if changes to your income or employment make you ineligible for other programs such as employer sponsored insurance, private insurance tax credits, Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Small businesses can also join the Exchange, calculate their contribution toward their employees’ coverage, and then offer employees their own choices among insurers and plan designs. Certain small businesses might qualify for a tax credit for part of the coverage purchased through the Exchange. Through the Exchange, small businesses and their employees will finally have the same type of choices that large employers have today, and they can select the best coverage for the price they can afford.

Offering personalized help. The Exchange can help you consider your coverage choices and answer your questions, through a website, a call center and community groups or individuals specifically designated as “navigators” to help consumers. Insurance agents and brokers can also help consumers and small employers find coverage options in the Exchange.

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Exchange - Glossary | HealthCare.gov

Learn about the Exchange by reviewing the definition in the HealthCare.gov Glossary.

When you fill out a Marketplace application, you’ll find out if you qualify to save money when you enroll in a medical insurance plan. You’ll also find out if you qualify for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

A federal government website managed and paid for by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244. Health Insurance Marketplace® is a registered trademark of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Find information about the Health Insurance Marketplace where you can review health care coverage options and purchase insurance.

If you purchased health care insurance through the Marketplace, you should receive a Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace Statement, at the beginning of the tax filing season. The information shown on Form 1095-A helps you complete your federal individual income tax return. If Form 1095-A shows coverage for you and everyone in your family for the entire year, check the full-year coverage box on your tax return. Among other things, Form 1095-A reports the total monthly health insurance premiums paid to the insurance company you selected through the Marketplace. It lists the amount of premium a-sistance you received in the form of advance payments of the premium tax credit that were paid directly to your insurance company, if any. If you received a Form 1095-A with incorrect information, see our Corrected, Incorrect or Voided Forms 1095-A questions and answers to find out how it affects your taxes.

If you chose to have advance payments of the premium tax credit paid directly to your insurance company, you must complete Form 8962, Premium Tax Credit and file a federal income tax return, even if you are otherwise not required to file. You are required to reconcile — or compare — these payments to the premium tax credit you’ll compute for your tax return. Even if you did not choose to receive advance payments, you must file a federal income tax return to claim the premium tax credit. Filing your return without reconciling your advance payments will delay your refund and may affect future advance credit payments. See below for more information regarding the effect of failing to reconcile advance payments of the premium tax credit.

If you purchased coverage through the federally facilitated Marketplace and you set-up a HealthCare.gov account, you can get a copy of Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace Statement online from your account. Visit your Marketplace’s website to find out the steps you need to follow to get a copy of your Form 1095-A online. You can use either the information from your online account, if it is available, or the Form 1095-A that is mailed to you to complete your tax return.

The IRS reminds taxpayers who received advance payments of the premium tax credit that they should file their tax return timely to ensure they can receive advance payments next year from their Marketplace.

If advance payments of the premium tax credit were paid on behalf of you or an individual in your family, and you do not file a tax return reconciling those payments, you will not be eligible for advance payments of the premium tax credit or cost-sharing reductions to help pay for your Marketplace health insurance coverage in the next year. This means you will be responsible for the full cost of your monthly premiums and all covered services. In addition, we may contact you to pay back some or all of the advance payments of the premium tax credit.

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Official site of Affordable Care Act. Enroll now for 2022 coverage. See health coverage choices, ways to save today, how law affects you.

HHS.gov A federal government website managed and paid for by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244. Health Insurance Marketplace® is a registered trademark of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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The Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace is an online marketplace for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). The Federal marketplace is HealthCare.Gov.

The Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace is an online marketplace for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). The Federal marketplace is HealthCare.Gov. Some states operate their own exchanges (you can find out if your state uses its own marketplace or the federal marketplace by going to HealthCare.Gov).

Shoppers can use a price calculator to see if they qualify for cost a-sistance subsidies as well as Medicaid and CHIP and see side-by-side comparisons of qualified health plans ensuring the best deal for them and their family.

Open enrollment in the health insurance Marketplace starts Nov 1st and ends Dec 15 each year (although there may be extensions). You won’t be able to sign up outside of open enrollment without qualifying for a special enrollment period. Don’t miss your chance to get covered and get cost a-sistance each year!

• From 2014 – 2018 you had to obtain or maintain minimum essential coverage (all marketplace plans are minimum essential coverage), or qualify for an exemption, during open enrollment to avoid owing the per month fee for not having coverage. From 2019 forward the fee for not having coverage has been reduced to zero.

• In the individual and family market, open enrollment is the only time you can switch plans or buy a new plan, this is true whether you use the marketplaces or shop outside of the marketplaces.

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What Is a Health Insurance Exchange?

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Learn what a health insurance exchange is, how it's used to comparison shop, buy health insurance, and get help paying for health insurance.

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A health insurance exchange, otherwise known as a health insurance marketplace, is a comparison-shopping area for health insurance. Private health insurance companies list their health plans with the exchange, and people comparison shop on the exchange from among the available health plan listings.

This article will help you understand what the exchange is, who uses it, the financial a-sistance that's available through the exchange, and what you need to know about buying your own health insurance.

(Private health insurance exchanges also exist, usually to serve employers buying health coverage for their employees, but that's generally not what people are referring to when they say "health insurance exchange.")

Public health insurance exchanges are used to buy individual and family health insurance plans that are compliant with the ACA ("individual and family" or "individual market" means health insurance that people buy on their own, as opposed to coverage that's obtained through an employer or via a government-run program like Medicare or Medicaid).

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Affordable Insurance Exchanges seek to ease the navigation and financial burdens of both individual and small business health insurance.&nbsp; As part of the Affordable Care Act (&ldquo;ACA&rdquo;), S

Affordable Insurance Exchanges seek to ease the navigation and financial burdens of both individual and small business health insurance. As part of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), State-based exchanges are a “one-stop-shop” to compare and find affordable health coverage in a competitive insurance market. The transparency of Exchanges allows consumers to compare private and public health plans based on price and quality. The ACA created the notion, but on August 12, 2011 the Department of Health and Human Services and Treasury awarded establishment grants to 13 states and the District of Columbia, to facilitate the implementation of the exchanges.

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services received a Level One Establishment Grant in the amount of $7,670,803 on June 30, 2011 and $57,896,810 on December 30, 2011, to further the planning efforts of the state’s Exchange. A large portion of these grants will be used for the Information Technology support system necessary to implement the Exchange. Operational planning, technical design, architecture of the system, integration with Medicaid and sustainability will also all be funded through these grants. The Cabinet also received a $1,000,000 State Planning Grant on September 30, 2010 meant to discover more about the uninsured population of our state, survey health insurance carriers, provide economic forecasting models and study other States with existing Exchanges.

The primary purpose of the Exchange model is to create a competitive marketplace, making insurance, thus health care affordable to the millions of uninsured Americans. With a level playing field all Americans will have access to insurance – that is both affordable and quality care. In theory, the ACA will force insurance companies to play fair and create more opportunity for collective bargaining through small pools of individuals or businesses. Like the Affordable Care Act, Affordable Insurance Exchanges are intended to change the landscape of our health care system. It’s an intriguing topic, one which we look forward to following and discussing.

Molly Nicol Lewis is an A-sociate of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC. She practices in the firm's Lexington office, where she is a member of the Health Care Law section.

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COVID-19 affected many peoples' lives, including their jobs and health insurance. If you have been affected by COVID-19, there are Marketplace coverage options for you in addition to other New Jersey specific responses.

Passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) put in place comprehensive health insurance reforms. Some of these reforms are focused on health insurance companies and mandates for coverage, many of which have already been implemented. Another component of the ACA requires that Americans purchase health insurance coverage.

Starting November 1, you can log into HealthCare.gov, fill out an application, and enroll in a 2022 Marketplace health plan. You must have enrolled by December 15, 2021 for coverage that starts January 1, 2022.

Minimum essential health insurance coverage is mandatory in New Jersey for most citizens, unless they qualify for an exemption. Those who do not qualify for an exemption from this law may be required to pay a fee when they submit their tax return.

If you lost employer coverage or income, you may be able to enroll in Marketplace coverage now through a Special Enrollment Period. Free or low-cost coverage is also available through NJ FamilyCare for those who qualify.

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