UPDATES on Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment Starts Nov 1st and closes December 15th 2017
We are well underway with answering a lot of questions as usual around this time of year. It’s important to read all mail coming at you from DHW, YHI and your current Insurance company. In the coming days, you will receive your Annual Notice of Change...

DEAR MISINFORMED:
The Kaiser Foundation put out a list of “common pre-existing conditions” recently that seems many have pickup and passed around trying to scare the rest of us. Typical Social Media.
WELL GUESS WHAT? These and many other conditions were pre-existing prior to the ACA. Pre-existing is not new. If you are born with condition under your parents in-force medical policy, it is not a pre-existing condition. Think about it....

According to an article in the Idaho Statesman:
The latest proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act has become a much harder sell for Republican moderates who will determine whether the bill passes the House of Representatives in a possible vote later this week....

Going forward you can expect the following to occur:
September 15-October 1: RENEWAL NOTICES
Each insurance company will send out 2017 Renewal Notices