Health Payer Intelligence October 8, 2019
The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance announced that it will offer $2 million for health navigators to help enrollees and re-enrollees with the transition from a federal-facilitated exchange (FFE) to a state-based exchange on a federal platform (SBE-FP) and eventually an autonomous state-based exchange (SBE).
“New Jersey’s transition to a state-based exchange will allow the state to build on efforts already made to improve access to health coverage,” explained Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Marlene Caride. “Through the establishment of a state-based exchange on the federal platform, we are able to demonstrate a greater commitment and investment in outreach and enrollment assistance that the federal government has refused to provide in recent years. This means that for...