CMS To Start Auto-Enrollment Two Weeks Before Nov. 1 Open Enrollment

CMS will begin to automatically enroll consumers into 2020 marketplace plans on Oct 15, ahead of the Nov. 1 start of open enrollment, according to a recent webinar. Consumers will be either automatically re-enrolled in their current plan or automatically enrolled in alternative coverage when policies are eliminated. In the draft 2019 exchange rule, CMS revealed that it had considered terminating auto-reenrollment for the 2020 plan year, but the agency instead sought feedback on possible changes. Issuers and consumer advocates...