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Affordable Care Act impact on insurance plans Individual market webinar
40192CAIENABC 8/13
What we’ll cover:
▪ Overview of 2014 changes▪ Health Insurance Marketplace ▪ Coverage options: customer mapping,
transitioning and grandfathering▪ Case examples▪ Tools and resources
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Today’s topics
Overview of 2014 changes
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Changes that affect premiums
Guaranteed issueNo one can be denied coverage
Broader benefits and limits 10 types of Essential Health Benefits required, out-of-pocket limits and deductible restrictions
Change in rating Rates based on age and address (and tobacco use, in some states), not gender and health status
At least 60% actuarial value Plans pay at least 60% of covered services
New taxes and feesApply to certain plans
Subsidies/credits Help those with low or moderate incomes pay for coverage
Reinsurance programInsurers / TPAs / self-funded plans contribute to fund high claims
New Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchanges) Offers plans for individuals
IndividualsSmall groups
Large groups
Guaranteed issue
Broader benefits
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How each premiumis affected
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depending on number of required benefits
included in plan
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~~Increase Decrease Little change
IndividualsSmall groups
Large groups
Change in rating
At least 60% actuarial value
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How each premiumis affected
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for customers with more cost share
than allowed
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~~Increase Decrease Little change
for healthy
for less healthy
young men and older women
young women and older men
young individuals
older individuals
for healthy
for less healthy
groups younger than average
groups older than average
little change for customers with less cost
share
~~for customers
with more cost share
than allowed
little change for customers with less cost
share
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IndividualsSmall groups
Large groups
New taxes and fees
Subsidies/ credits
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How each premiumis affected
for those who qualify~~for those who qualify
~~Increase Decrease Little change
IndividualsSmall groups
Large groups
Reinsurance program
New Health Insurance Marketplace (Exchanges)
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How each premiumis affected
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~~Increase Decrease Little change
▪ Outpatient services ▪ Emergency services ▪ Hospitalization ▪ Maternity and newborn care ▪ Mental health and substance
use disorder services (including behavioral health treatment)
▪ Prescription drugs ▪ Rehabilitative and habilitative
services/devices ▪ Laboratory services ▪ Preventive and wellness and
chronic-disease management ▪ Pediatric services
(including dental and vision)
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Essential health benefits (EHBs)
Nongrandfathered plans for individuals on and off the Marketplace must cover:
▪ Annual/lifetime dollar limits cannot apply
• Affects only nongrandfathered plans
• Applies for in-network and out-of-network services
▪ Visit limits are allowed on EHBs and can replace dollar limits
▪ Non-EHB annual/lifetime dollar limits are allowed
▪ Rule:
• Applies to medical, pharmacy and pediatric vision and dental benefits that are under the policy
• Does not apply to:
- Stand-alone benefits, which are “excepted” under HIPAA
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EHBs and annual/ lifetime dollar limits
NOTE: Medical Policy rules still apply to EHBs
2014 OOP limits for all individual nongrandfathered plans:
• Individual: $6,350
• Family: $12,700
▪ The OOP cap applies for medical and specialty EHBs
▪ Cap is equal to the amount set for HSA-compatible plans
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Out-of-pocket (OOP) maximum
Premiums for individuals are not based on gender or health but on:
Family size Age – with maximum 3:1 rating bands Where people live
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Community rating
Center Forward
▪ Increases likely in the individual and small group markets
▪ Some groups up by 49%, others down by 39%
American Action Forum
▪ Increase in costs for young, healthy people in the individual and small group markets
▪ Costs for older, less healthy would drop about 22%
Milliman actuarial firm
▪ 75% to 95% rise in premiums in the individual market
▪ Rates for others would drop
Jonathan Gruber of MIT
▪ Premiums in individual market may increase as much as 85%
▪ Small group market may increase more than 20%
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Studies on premium impact
Health Insurance Marketplace
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Overview of state models
State-Based Active Purchaser Exchange
Partnership Exchange, State-Based Active Purchaser/Facilitator Blend, or Federally-Facilitated with State Plan Management
State-Based Facilitator Exchange
Federally-Facilitated Exchange
Coverage options for individuals
▪ People not already on a government plan have these options:
• Employer-sponsored coverage
• Individual coverage through Health Insurance Marketplace (“on exchange”)
• Individual coverage outside the Health Insurance Marketplace (“off exchange”)
• No coverage – pay the penalty
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Options for individuals
▪ Mapping▪ Transitioning▪ Grandfathering
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Options for current members
Communications about coverage options are being mailed to members and Brokers. All members will be contacted by the end of October.
Please check with your local sales representative for state-specific information.
We’re mapping our nongrandfathered members to new ACA-compliant plans
▪ As a participant in California’s Individual Health Insurance Marketplace, we are required to discontinue non-ACA compliant nongrandfathered individual plans as of 1/1/14.
▪ Therefore we will map all of our nongrandfathered members to off-Exchange ACA complaint plans effective 1/1/14.
▪ An easier way to transition from an old plan to a new plan
▪ Guide shows plan options for members who are mapped
▪ We will apply the current Agent of Record
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Mapping
An option to keep a plan that was in effect before March 23, 2010.
A grandfathered plan doesn’t have to meet ACA requirements.
Benefits of a grandfathered plan:
▪ Could help control premium costs
▪ May offer more choices of providers and prescription benefits
▪ Won’t be affected by ACA changes that could increase out-of-pocket costs
Grandfathering
Case examples
Mark’s employer has decided not to offer coverage. Mark needs coverage for his family and himself, so he’s going to shop in the Health Insurance Marketplace.
His reasons:
▪ He can compare plans side by side from different insurers to find coverage that meets his needs.
▪ He can work with his producer to find out if he qualifies for a subsidy or tax credit when he buys a plan in the Marketplace (“on exchange”).
▪ He may also choose to work with his producer to buy Individual coverage outside the Marketplace (“off exchange”).
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Case exampleShop in the Marketplace
Mandy is 27 and recently aged off her parent’s plan. She has opted not to buy coverage.
Her reasons:▪ She thinks the cost is too high for regular or even
catastrophic insurance.▪ She can always go to the ER if she needs to.
Mandy may save money on premiums, but she’ll pay a penalty for not having insurance. The penalty goes up each year.
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Case exampleNo coverage
Penalty is $95 or 1% of taxable earnings, whichever is larger
2014:
Mandy should work with her producer to see if she qualifies for a subsidy or a tax credit before deciding to go without insurance.
Tools and resources
To help you keep and grow your business, use these tools from anthem.com/ca:
Producer Toolbox – new producer website with single sign-on and online account management
Marketing materials – gives you the tools you need to help your clients buy the individual and family plans that fit their needs; available on the MerrillConnect order supply site
Plan map/transition guide – shows you how we will map nongrandfathered plans to Anthem ACA-compliant plans; makes it easier for you to help clients who can’t renew their current plans because of new ACA requirements
Tools to help your business
Also available at anthem.com/ca for you and your clients:
▪ Subsidy estimator – shows whether your client might qualify for a subsidy and gives an estimate; final determination comes from the Marketplace
▪ Online shopper site – clients can get a quote, learn about insurance basics, compare plans, check if they can get a tax credit or subsidy and apply for a plan; available in Spanish and English
▪ (Coming soon) ChangeMyCoverage tool – web-based, self-service tool helps clients if they move to an Anthem ACA-compliant plan that’s different from what we’ve recommended; offers a personalized message and shows new options compared to their current plan
Decision-making tools
Use our Producer Toolboxto quote our Marketplace products
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Redesigned site for producers:
makinghealthcarereformwork.com
For members:
healthcarereform4you.com
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HCR websites
Key dates
▪ January 1, 2014: Anthem members with plans that are not grandfathered and not ACA-compliant move to our compliant plans (off-exchange)
▪ January 1, 2014: Conversion and Guarantee Issue Plans end
▪ March 31, 2014: Open Enrollment ends
▪ April 1 – September 30, 2014: Special Enrollment for qualifying events only
Thank you!
Q & A
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