HealthSource RI deadline approaching

HEALTHSOURCE RI SAID that as of Feb. 7, total enrollments number 28,787, with 8,547 new customers and 20,240 renewed customers. The number has grown by 1,312 customers since last week, when 27,475 enrollments were reported. / COURTESY HEALTHSOURCE RI
HEALTHSOURCE RI SAID that as of Feb. 7, total enrollments number 28,787, with 8,547 new customers and 20,240 renewed customers. The number has grown by 1,312 customers since last week, when 27,475 enrollments were reported. / COURTESY HEALTHSOURCE RI

PROVIDENCE – The deadline for individuals to enroll in health insurance plans through HealthSource RI is rapidly approaching.
The deadline for individuals to register for HealthSource RI is Feb. 15, and marks the last opportunity for consumers to purchase insurance for 2015, unless they qualify for a special enrollment period during the year. Eligibility for those periods are triggered by certain life events, such as getting married, adding a child to a family or losing employer-based health insurance, according to information from HealthSource RI.
New and renewing customers who enroll by Feb. 15 and pay for their first month’s premium by Feb. 23 will have coverage that begins on March 1.

HealthSource RI released enrollment data through Feb. 7, showing that 79 percent of Year One customers have renewed plans for 2015, with 77 percent of them having paid the first month’s premium.
Total enrollments number 28,787, with 8,547 new customers and 20,240 renewed customers. The number has grown by 1,312 customers since last week, when 27,475 enrollments were reported.
HealthSource RI also said 62 percent of renewing individuals have selected a different plan for 2015 and 38 percent of renewing individuals have selected plan with a different carrier.
The 2014 total for individual enrollments was 25,288.
On the small business side, small employer enrollment (paid and unpaid) totals 458, representing 3,333 covered lives, a slight gain on the 455 enrollment reported last week (3,333 covered lives also were reported last week).
Small business owners who want to purchase coverage for their employees through the SHOP marketplace can continue to enroll beyond the Feb. 15 deadline since enrollment in SHOP happens year-round.
HealthSource RI’s website, www.healthsourceri.com, also has had 589,757 page views.
From Nov. 7 through Feb. 7, HealthSource RI has received 231,457 phone calls. Its Providence office received 12,605 walk-ins, and its Warwick office, 2,737.

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