Ballot measure proponents have six months to collect signatures from the time the ballot title is set, with a deadline of Aug. 1 to turn in all signatures. Connect for Health Colorado and Colorado Medicaid Update Between October 1 and December 31, more than 138,000 Coloradans signed up or were approved for health coverage that took effect January 1, 2014, according to data recently released from Connect for Health Colorado and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. The first half of the open enrollment period saw a strong increase in the pace of enrollments as the December deadline approached for customers seeking health insurance coverage on January 1st of 2014. Connect for Health Colorado, working in partnership with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, extended the deadline from December 15th to December 27th to accommodate as many additional customers as possible. The enrollment period for private health insurance continues until March 2014, with customers currently enrolling in plans with coverage starting February 1st. The enrollment numbers for Connect for Health Colorado exceeded their own early conservative projections of approximately 37,000 enrollments by the December deadline by 16,000 additional lives covered. The Medicaid expansion numbers announced at the end of December reflect individuals actually enrolled in the program. Since Medicaid eligibility is determined on a monthly basis, the prior numbers reflected estimates of eligibility at a point in time. Medicaid enrollments can and do change as individuals income or personal circumstances change. Colorado Medicaid refers individuals who are over income for Medicaid directly to Connect for Health Colorado as these individuals could benefit from an advance premium tax credit or other financial assistance offered through the marketplace. Connect for Health Colorado Category Total Medicaid (private health insurance) Individual and Family Enrollments 138,160 86,432 51,728 (starting 1/1/2014) Individual and Family 71,688 141,545 Customer Accounts (from PEAK) 3,303 (Oct. 1-31) Daily Website Visitors 3,553 (Nov. 1-30) 8,636 (average daily) 4,722 (Dec. 1-31) Number of employees and estimated number of dependents enrolled 1,045 through Small Business Marketplace
Ballot measure proponents have six months to collect signatures from the time the ballot title is set, with a deadline of Aug. 1 to turn in all signatures. Connect for Health Colorado and Colorado Medicaid Update Between October 1 and December 31, more than 138,000 Coloradans signed up or were approved for health coverage that took effect January 1, 2014, according to data recently released from Connect for Health Colorado and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. The first half of the open enrollment period saw a strong increase in the pace of enrollments as the December deadline approached for customers seeking health insurance coverage on January 1st of 2014. Connect for Health Colorado, working in partnership with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, extended the deadline from December 15th to December 27th to accommodate as many additional customers as possible. The enrollment period for private health insurance continues until March 2014, with customers currently enrolling in plans with coverage starting February 1st. The enrollment numbers for Connect for Health Colorado exceeded their own early conservative projections of approximately 37,000 enrollments by the December deadline by 16,000 additional lives covered. The Medicaid expansion numbers announced at the end of December reflect individuals actually enrolled in the program. Since Medicaid eligibility is determined on a monthly basis, the prior numbers reflected estimates of eligibility at a point in time. Medicaid enrollments can and do change as individuals income or personal circumstances change. Colorado Medicaid refers individuals who are over income for Medicaid directly to Connect for Health Colorado as these individuals could benefit from an advance premium tax credit or other financial assistance offered through the marketplace. Category Total Medicaid Connect for Health Colorado (private health insurance) Individual and Family Enrollments (starting 1/1/2014) 138,160 86,432 51,728 Individual and Family Customer Accounts 71,688 (from PEAK) 141,545 Daily Website Visitors (average daily) 3,303 (Oct. 1-31) 3,553 (Nov. 1-30) 4,722 (Dec. 1-31) 8,636 Number of employees and estimated number of dependents enrolled through Small Business Marketplace 1,045