STAT October 22, 2019
The open enrollment season for health insurance is close at hand, providing many people with an opportunity to re-evaluate their coverage. This year there is a new option for employers that could affect the individual market.
In the individual market, which is especially important to those without an affordable offer of employer coverage, open enrollment starts on November 1. Employers generally schedule open enrollment sometime in the fall. Open enrollment for Medicare Advantage started on October 15.
There is increased interest in participation by insurers in both Medicare Advantage and the individual market. Yet two new data points tilt in the wrong direction: the first increase in the uninsured rate since 2010, and the growing unaffordability of employer-sponsored insurance, with...
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