Insurers’ Push to Restrict Special Enrollment Periods Would Block Uninsured People
End Notes
[1] For more on SEPs, see “SEP Reference Chart: A Guide to Special Enrollment Period (SEP) Triggers and Timing,” Health Reform: Beyond the Basics, June 11, 2015, http://www.healthreformbeyondthebasics.org/sep-reference-chart/.
[2] Sarah Lueck, “To Make Marketplaces Work Best, Enroll More People — Not Fewer,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 21, 2016, https://www.cbpp.org/blog/to-make-marketplaces-work-best-enroll-more-people-not-fewer.
[3] “FAQs on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),” Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq_compliance_hipaa.html.
[4] Kevin Counihan, “Clarifying, Eliminating and Enforcing Special Enrollment Periods,” The CMS Blog, January 19, 2016, https://blog.cms.gov/2016/01/19/clarifying-eliminating-and-enforcing-special-enrollment-periods/.
[5] Federal Register, Vol. 80 No. 231, December 2, 2015, https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-12-02/pdf/2015-29884.pdf.
[6] Bianca DiJulio et al., “Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2016,” January 28, 2016, http://kff.org/health-reform/poll-finding/kaiser-health-tracking-poll-january-2016/.
[7] Lueck, 2016.