No Health Insurance? Obamacare Workshop to Explain Eligibility

Access Health CT, Connecticut’s official health insurance marketplace, will hold a free event to provide information about how Health Care Reform will impact families, explain how people might receive financial help on health care coverage through Access Health CT and give guidance on enrolling in health care coverage. 

The event is Thursday at 5:30 p.m., beginning with registration and refreshments and the program following from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Community Health Center, 675 Main Street, Middletown.

Register online at  Learn.AccessHealthCT.com/Middletown.

Access Health CT (also known as the Exchange) was created by the Connecticut Legislature in 2011 and is a quasi-public agency established to satisfy requirements of the federal Affordable Care Act.  

Its mission is to increase the number of insured residents in Connecticut, promote health, lower costs and eliminate health disparities. Its vision is to provide a simple online shopping and enrollment experience for state residents and small businesses, starting with open enrollment in October.

Access Health CT will ensure that participating health plans meet certain standards, and will facilitate competition and choice by rating the quality of each plan. Individuals and families buying coverage through the Exchange may qualify for tax credits on premiums. 

The Exchange will also coordinate eligibility and enrollment with state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs. More information is available at www.AccessHealthCT.com.

If anyone wants to call (before or after) the enrollment fair to speak to someone about the Affordable Care Act, they can call Shannon Bali at (860) 347-6971, Ext. 3764.