ACA in Arizona UpdateMarketplace Open Enrollment 3

Allen Gjersvig, Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers Navigator & Enrollment Services Director

Michal Goforth, Pima Community Access ProgramExecutive Director

Dan Derksen, M. D., Professor and Director University of Arizona Center for Rural Health

ACA in Arizona Marketplace Open Enrollment 3

National• Data to locate the uninsured• Grass roots organizing for informing consumers

Statewide Stakeholder Coalition, 900 + members• Coordination & Collaboration• Messaging & Media relations

Statewide & Local Assister Network• Licensed Navigators and Counselors; 350 plus• 400 locations for consumers

University of Arizona Navigator Consortium - Focuses on Arizona’s Hard to Reach Rural, Latino, American Indian Uninsured

Arizona’s Consumer Assistance TeamOpen Enrollment OE-3 US & Arizona

Regional

Year Around Benefits Counseling For:

SNAP

AHCCCS

Marketplace

How to Find Help

National Summary

OE3

• 11.6 million enrolled Marketplace coverage• 4 million new Marketplace customers• 14.1 million increase in Medicaid enrollees• 25.7 million covered (90% covered)• 38% decrease US uninsured (before OE 3) • On the federal exchange, nearly 7 in 10

repeat customers shopped for coverage rather than let the computer system renew them automatically, and about three-fifths of those switched plans.

• Last year, nearly half let the computer system auto-enroll them.

Arizona OE-3 Summary• 203,066 Marketplace selected OE3 plans

• 205,666 selected OE2 plans last year(question: are the definitions the same?)

• 120,071 selected OE1 plans

• Arizona uninsured decreased from 21% to 14% after OE2

• Additional data will be released soon. Get updates at www.CoverAZ.org

Arizona SummaryAHCCCS From March 1, 2015 to Feb 1, 2016

AZ Medicaid Increased 200,135 (12%)

•Prop 204 Restoration:Increased 28,106 (10%)

•Medicaid Expansion Pop: Increased 41,306 (50%)

Maricopa County

•144,196 – OE3•139,037 – OE2•+ 4% growth

Southern Arizona Marketplace

• 34,382 - OE3• 31,612 - OE2• +9% growth

Rural Arizona

• 24,488 – OE3• 33,538 – OE2• - 27%

Why has rural enrollment decreased? Likely multifactorial – hypotheses (Derksen):• Fewer insurers/plans (Maricopa 8 insurers,

69 plans; rural 2-3 insurers, 15-18 plans• Higher cost sharing – premium, co-pays • More eligible, enrolled Medicaid/AHCCCS• Strong Arizona job growth – increase

employer sponsored health insurance• Unaware of health coverage options

Southeast ArizonaYuma saw nation’s biggest surge as Obamacare enrollment wound downBy Danika Worthington Cronkite News | POSTED: Feb 4, 2016

WASHINGTON – Yuma residents posted the highest enrollment gains in the country as open enrollment for Obamacare ended, surging 21 percent in the last week alone, government officials said Thursday

OE 3 General Discussion• How was OE 3 compared to last year?

• What changes impacted rural AZ take up rates?

• Were consumers more or less open to Marketplace coverage this year compared to last?

We All Can Do Our Part• Communicate with your

community• Invite speakers to gatherings • Make appointments with

Assisters, Navigators • If large group possibly

schedule enrollment event

We’re here to helpTwelve month assistance

• AHCCCS• SNAP• Changes in Circumstances• Marketplace maintenance• Understanding

Health Ins.

Statewide Help is One Call or Click Away

All major Assister organizations participate in

making appointments through a collaborative

website and phone number.Talk to an Assister

844.790.4946www.coveraz.org