{"id":346851,"date":"2025-11-01T01:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346851\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T01:20:11","slug":"access-health-enrollment-begins-but-ceo-says-wait-nbc-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346851\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Health enrollment begins, but CEO says wait \u2013 NBC Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The enrollment period for Access Health CT begins at midnight on November 1, but the CEO is suggesting you defer taking any action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn case Congress extends the enhanced subsidies,\u201d CEO James Michel said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcconnecticut.com\/news\/local\/some-access-health-ct-members-could-see-premiums-rise-by-more-than-200\/3654658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s the issue at the heart of the federal government shutdown<\/a>. The increases come as enhanced federal subsidies, which have helped lower monthly premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic, are set to expire at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in Congress have not agreed on whether to extend them.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal said that the government can\u2019t be reopened without assurances that those subsidies will be extended.<\/p>\n<p>At a news conference Friday, Blumenthal said people enrolling need to know what they\u2019re signing up for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need the assurance now that that insurance will be affordable,\u201d Blumenthal said.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that lawmakers were \u201calways planning to have the debate about Covid-era subsidies and all those other issues in October, November, December.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Covid-era subsidies don\u2019t expire until the end of December. There are all sorts of discussions going on about that, all kinds of ideas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Caught in the middle of the shutdown are residents waiting to know what the cost of their healthcare will be.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut resident Rachel, who asked that we not share her last name, works at a nonprofit museum. She received a letter this month indicating her premium will jump from $449 to $883.<\/p>\n<p>She said her premium will rise to equal more than a one week\u2019s paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>At the press conference, Rachel said she is deciding between the following options:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go without health insurance<\/li>\n<li>Cover the premium with a second job<\/li>\n<li>Cover the premium with her savings<\/li>\n<li>Change to a less comprehensive plan<\/li>\n<li>Leave her job to find one with better insurance coverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Access Health CT\u2019s ultimate concern, CEO James Michel said, is those who will choose to exit the market and go uninsured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 35% (of people current insured) will go uninsured over the next 5 years if these subsidies are not extended,\u201d Michel said Access Health CT projects.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the enrollment window will open, and brokers are available to talk with residents at no cost about their options.<\/p>\n<p>However, when it comes to enrolling, Michel recommends waiting until December 15 at the latest for January 1 coverage. It\u2019s possible the federal government addresses the issue, and the cost of coverage will change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The enrollment period for Access Health CT begins at midnight on November 1, but the CEO is suggesting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":346852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2738,210,1141,1142,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-346851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-care","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115471818684509906","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}