Community Health Plans Urge CMS To Extend Open Enrollment

Lobbies representing community health plans are asking CMS to extend the 2021 open enrollment period through January, or create a special enrollment period to let consumers affected by COVID-19 enroll in early 2021. The Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) and the Alliance for Community Health Plans notes that millions of people have lost their jobs and coverage due to the pandemic, and it could be their first time looking for coverage on the individual marketplace at a time when...