logged‐on to
www.HealthCare.gov's Insurance Finder to see what health coverage options are available to them," said Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "This already unprecedented ability to search and compare coverage options is getting better with the new benefits and price information now available. These changes will help Americans find coverage that meets their needs and that gives them value for their dollars now."
Created under the Affordable Care Act,
www.HealthCare.gov was launched July 1, 2010, and is the first website of its kind to bring information and links to health insurance plans into one place to make it easy for con‐ sumers to learn about and compare their insurance choices. HHS’ Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) worked to define and collect detailed benefits and premi‐ um rating information from insurers across the country, and starting October 1, 2010, consumers will also be able to find information about health insurance options such as: • Monthly premium estimates; • Cost‐sharing information, includ‐ ing annual deductibles and out‐of‐ pocket limits;
• Major categories of services cov‐ ered;
• Consumer’s share of cost for these services;
• Percent of people in the plan who pay more than the base premium estimate due to their health sta‐ tus; and
• Percent of people denied cover‐ age from a health plan.
More than 225 insurance companies have provided information about their individual and family plans for more than 4,400 policies, including policies in every state and the District of Columbia. Consumers can search for and compare information on plans available to them based on their age, gender, family size, tobacco use and location.
"We applaud the insurance compa‐ nies that have provided us this informa‐ tion about their products. Together, we are improving competition in the
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insurance marketplace," said Jay Angoff, director of the Office for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. "This type of transparent competition is critical to improving quality of coverage and lowering costs for consumers."
For more information, visit our Facebook page at
Facebook.com/
HealthCare.gov, or the @HealthCareGov Twitter account.
To download a
www.HealthCare.gov Insurance Finder widget – so that visi‐ tors to your website can easily start searching for health coverage options – visit
www.HealthCare.gov/stay_con‐;
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