Governor Tom Wolf introduced that right this moment begins the 2022 Open Enrollment Interval for well being care protection via Pennie, Pennsylvania’s state-based medical health insurance market.
“Pennie is the one-stop store for Pennsylvanians’ well being care wants,” Gov. Wolf stated. “With Pennie, Pennsylvanians have entry to a wide range of sources to assist them perceive learn how to apply, store, and enroll in well being protection together with entry to individuals who will help them proper of their group. Pennie additionally offers monetary help for individuals who qualify, which implies well being care protection is extra reasonably priced for Pennsylvanians. Now, extra Pennsylvanians can entry the care they deserve, finally giving extra folks the chance to reside more healthy lives.”
Gov. Wolf was joined by Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney, Pennsylvania Well being Entry Community Govt Director Antoinette Kraus, Pennsylvania Insurance coverage Commissioner Jessica Altman, and Pennie Govt Director Zachary W. Sherman on the Mayor’s Reception Room in Philadelphia to make the announcement.
In July 2019, Gov. Wolf signed laws establishing the state-based market. Pennie replaces healthcare.gov as Pennsylvania’s official vacation spot for purchasing for high quality medical health insurance plans and the one supply for monetary help to assist with the price of protection and care. Presently there are almost 344,000 Pennie prospects all through the commonwealth.
“Now’s the time to join low-cost, high quality protection via Pennie. Because of the American Rescue Plan premium financial savings, protection has by no means been extra in attain for thus many Pennsylvanians,” stated Zachary Sherman. “9 out of 10 Pennie prospects qualify for financial savings which have elevated in worth for low-income people, working households and near-retirees. Open Enrollment is the chance for Pennsylvanians to guard their well being and their budgets by getting the protection they should guarantee entry to care. We encourage the uninsured and anybody exploring their protection choices to go to pennie.com to enroll by Dec 15 for protection that begins New 12 months’s Day.”
“As Open Enrollment begins for 2022 plans, it’s an necessary time to have a good time simply how far we’ve come on entry to reasonably priced, high-quality healthcare in Pennsylvania,” stated Antoinette Kraus. “Previously 12 months and a half, Medicaid and the ACA market proved themselves to be a lifeline for Pennsylvanians by making certain folks maintained entry to healthcare throughout a public well being disaster; nearly one million Pennsylvanians are actually coated by Medicaid Growth, and over 340,000 purchase their insurance coverage via Pennie.com.”
Along with Pennie, Gov. Wolf expanded Medicaid in 2015, making certain extra Pennsylvanians have entry to Medical Help in Pennsylvania. At present, greater than 3,300,000 Pennsylvanians are coated by Medical Help together with nearly 1 million folks via the enlargement. By increasing entry to well being care, the commonwealth realized the bottom uninsured charge in Pennsylvania historical past throughout the Wolf Administration and insurance coverage charges are actually essentially the most steady 12 months over 12 months that they’ve ever been.
“We’re all higher off when reasonably priced well being care is accessible to all,” stated Gov. Wolf. “There’s extra we have to do to make sure well being fairness within the commonwealth and my administration will proceed to struggle for true fairness however increasing entry to well being care via Medicaid and making certain reasonably priced protection is out there via Pennie are each necessary steps. I encourage all Pennsylvanians who want medical health insurance protection to go to www.pennie.com to discover your choices. Open Enrollment begins right this moment, and the Pennie workforce is standing by to serve you.”
People ought to go to www.pennie.com to study extra about Pennie or name Pennie buyer care at 1-844-844-8040.