By Kathi O Shea April 29, 2021 8:12 am
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OLYMPIA, Wash. Consumers looking for health insurance are urged to be on the lookout for look-alike websites and misleading ads.
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange has received complaints about websites posing as the state’s official marketplace, WAHealthPlanFinder.org.
The Exchange has also received complaints of ads and websites claiming to give consumers special access to plans on the official marketplace.
Some websites are tricking people to collect person information while others provide services, but charge for things that should be free.
Still others are lead generators where personal information is sold to the highest bidder.
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Washington health insurance enrollment extended
Exchange will allow sign-ups to run through Aug. 15, officials say By Ryan Blethen, The Seattle Times
Published: April 1, 2021, 7:28pm
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The state’s health insurance marketplace is extending its enrollment period until summer.
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange has pushed its special open enrollment through Aug. 15 in response to changes in federal law. The current enrollment period was set to close May 15.
The American Rescue Plan Act, recently passed by Congress, increases tax credits for people enrolled through the exchange. The new law also extends tax credits to middle-income people who previously weren’t eligible, and gives additional tax credits to those receiving at least one week of unemployment compensation this year.
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Without a public option, Colorado still has outperformed Washington, according to the new research.
Since 2018, Colorado s benchmark premiums have fallen by 25.3%, compared to 15.5% increase in Washington state. Nationally, ACA average benchmark premiums have fallen by 6%, according to the Common Sense Institute.
Colorado has benefited from a number of steps by Gov. Jared Polis to reduce the cost of premiums, including a reinsurance pool for high-risk, high-cost people that lowered the overall rate, while the state pays insurers a fee.
The Common Sense Institute found that total enrollment in the Washington State Public Option was 1,872 as of January 2021. The number of new members who signed up for the public option â i.e. those who did not previously have coverage through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange â was 1,114, according to the report. Before the pandemic, Washington State had 481,700 uninsured residents. This means, at best, the public option r