***As
open enrollment begins at Connect
for Health Colorado and across the country, CCLP brings you this
special Obamacare marketplace open enrollment edition of the Health Law and
Policy update.
This
week's updates:
- Open enrollment: day 1
- Congratulations, Connect for Health Colorado!
- Answering your questions about Obamacare
- Colorado's marketplace launches new advertising campaign
Open enrollment: day 1
Today,
Individuals and small businesses can begin shopping for health insurance
through Connect
for Health Colorado, Colorado's new health insurance marketplace.
Coverage begins January 1, 2014. Coloradans can sign up for coverage anytime in
the next six months and will need to sign up by December 15th for their
coverage to begin in January.
Connect for Health Colorado and marketplaces around the country are experiencing high levels of traffic today as millions of people begin to shop for insurance and learn about the financial assistance that will make health insurance affordable. In remarks this morning, President Obama said that the federally-run marketplace web site had experienced more than one million visitors before 7am.
CCLP will continue to monitor how consumers and patients are faring as the open enrollment period continues.
Congratulations, Connect for Health Colorado!
Thanks to
bipartisan and common sense efforts by Coloradans, Connect
for Health Colorado, our state's health insurance marketplace, opens
for business today. Congratulations to the marketplace, it's staff, and
all those who have worked diligently to put affordable, quality health
insurance with in reach of so many Coloradans.
Answering your questions about Obamacare
CCLP's
health policy team will be interviewed
and take listener questions on the radio as part of KGNU's
morning broadcast tomorrow. Tune
in at 8:35am Wednesday morning and hear more about Obamacare and the
beginning of open enrollment at Connect
for Health Colorado.
CCLP and
other health advocates will also be available to answer questions every
night this week as part of KDVR
Fox News 31's health reform phone bank. Tune into KDVR
at 5pm this week for more details.
Colorado's
marketplace launches new advertising campaign
As open
enrollment kicks off, Connect for Health Colorado has launched a new campaign
educating individuals, families, and small businesses about the new
marketplace. TV ads target a number of different groups including young adults,
business owners, and spanish-speaking audiences. The campaign will also feature
print and outdoor advertisements.
Check out
two of the marketplace's television commercials on YouTube.
Questions
about health care? CCLP can help!
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