Joel Ario Discusses Auto Re-Enrollment on Health Exchanges

HHS Announced Auto-Enrollment for Current ACA Consumers
– Modern Healthcare

Manatt's Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, discussed with Modern Healthcare a proposed rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services to automatically re-enroll individuals who signed up for coverage through the state and federal exchanges.

Modern Healthcare reports that the proposal reduces the likelihood that there will be a steep drop-off among the roughly 8 million people who signed up for private health plans during the 2014 open enrollment period.

Ario said the decision is important because consumer research shows that most individuals won't take action on their own initiative and therefore would be likely to let policies lapse.

"I think it's critical that if somebody's already gone through the process and gotten enrolled that they can stay in coverage in as many cases as possible," Ario said.

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