Late last week, Anthem Healthkeepers announced plans to offer individual/family health insurance in 63 so-called “bare” counties and cities in Virginia. Anthem had announced just weeks ago its plans to exit most of the state in 2018. Although the announcement is welcome news for rural areas of the state that were slated to have no insurance carriers in 2018, if you live in a more major metropolitan area (Northern Virginia,
Anthem Pulling out of Virginia Individual Market in 2018
We have just received word that Anthem will stop selling individual health insurance in Virginia in 2018. This means that if you are covered by an Anthem Affordable Care Act compliant individual / family health plan, your plan is ending on December 31, 2017. You can continue to use your plan through the end of this year. However, you will need to find new coverage effective January 1, 2018. We
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Early Renewal Option
If you are currently covered by an individual Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance policy (vs. one you get through your employer) we have some critical information for you. Anthem policyholders either already have received or will receive soon a letter from Anthem explaining the options for complying with the new health care law — the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”). Here is a summary: If you have
Anthem Letter – What Does it Mean?
Anthem recently mailed out letters to thousands of policyholders with non-grandfathered health insurance plans … and, in the process, may have inadvertently confused a lot of people! To read the letter, click here. What does the letter mean? In a nutshell, the letter informs Anthem’s policyholders that the way a policy year is defined is changing from the default of a calendar year (January 1 – December 31) to a
