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This week, Medicare
Rights submitted
comments on a proposed
rule from the Biden administration that would make several
important changes for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. The updates
include extending the open enrollment period, increasing outreach and
education efforts, creating a special enrollment period for people with
lower incomes, and eliminating harmful options that states could use to
deny their residents access to unbiased and complete coverage
information. We applaud these proposals.
When first implemented in 2014, the ACA open enrollment period (OEP) ran
for 180 days.
The OEP was condensed to 90 days
the following year. This timeline held until 2018, when the Trump
administration sharply reduced it to 45 days while also cutting
back on outreach and education funding and efforts. In our
policy recommendations to the Biden-Harris administration, we urged an
extension of the enrollment period and a focus on outreach efforts
to ensure people who qualify for ACA coverage assistance get the
information they need. The proposed rule would help meet those goals by
extending the current OEP to 75 days, from November 1 to January 15,
beginning in 2022.
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