HealthIT Answers July 8, 2020
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By Aaron Fulner, Senior Director, Edifecs

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven an incredible shift in the number of American lives covered by employer-sponsored health plans as unemployment creeps up to rates not seen since the Great Depression. With lost jobs comes lost health benefits, and many impacted Americans are evaluating the offerings available through state Medicaid programs and from the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) or a state-based Exchange (SBE).

While state Medicaid programs are experiencing increased demand as they expedite coverage for eligible individuals, several of the nation’s leading plans are looking at the Affordable Care Act as a safety net amid a crashing economy.

For example, UnitedHealthcare announced it plans to rejoin Maryland’s Affordable Care Act marketplace for individual health...

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Topics: Healthcare System, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Health / COVID
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