For Further Information Contact:
Julia Holloway, MBA, Navigator Project Director
jholloway@aspin.org
317-536-4683

OPEN ENROLLMENT YEAR EIGHT HAS BEGUN FOR THE FEDERAL MARKETPLACE

ASPIN Navigators are busy helping Hoosiers to enroll in plans on the Federal Health Insurance Exchange (also known as the Marketplace). The Open Enrollment Period runs from November 1, 2020 to December 15, 2020, for coverage starting on January 1, 2021. This year CMS launched updates to window shopping (the “See plans & prices” page on HealthCare.gov) which allows consumers to preview 2021 plans and prices. Know someone that has questions or needs assistance looking at plans and enrolling? 

All Navigators, as many of the nation’s workforce, have moved to working from home because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.  Since March, ASPIN Navigators have been helping consumers enroll in healthcare via Zoom, Skype or over the phone.  Navigators are also providing education sessions via Zoom. The transition has been a success, consumers are enjoying the convenience of enrolling in health insurance from their own homes too.

Marketplace Open Enrollment started November 1 and ends December 15, however, ASPIN Navigators help year-round!  ASPIN Navigators also help consumers and their families enroll in the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP).  Many consumers qualify for a special enrollment period for the Marketplace throughout the year. 

Call ASPIN’s toll-free call center to connect to a Navigator to ask questions about enrolling in the Marketplace or about HIP, Medicaid, CHIP or request an appointment to enroll.  The toll-free number is 877-313-7215 or visit ASPIN’s website  http://aspinhealthnavigator.org/ to request a phone, SKYPE or ZOOM appointment. All services provided are free of charge.

Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc. (d.b.a. ASPIN) is a 501 (C) 3 not for profit network that operates four major service lines: third party administration, training and workforce development, health improvement, and grants management. The mission of ASPIN is to provide innovative educational programs, resource management, program development, and network management in collaboration with all healthcare entities to address health disparities and whole health management.

“The ASPIN Health Navigator Project is supported by Funding Opportunity Number CA-NAV-19-002 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS or any of its agencies.”