Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Getting the Word Out on New Health Insurance

    Get Covered America, a national campaign to inform Americans about the new upcoming opportunities on health insurance, is planning two organizing meetings in South Florida this weekend.
    In Miami-Dade, a "launch canvass" is planned for Saturday, June 22, at 10 a.m. at the Mejias Medical Center, 3091 Coral Way.
    In Broward, the meeting is scheduled for noon Sunday, June 23, "just outside the entrance" of the Broward West Regional Library, at 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation.
    The meetings are dedicated to getting word out about the upcoming exchanges, which will be pools of coverage so that individuals and small businesses can get cheaper group rates while not banning benefits because of preexisting conditions. Details on exchanges are supposed to be available by Oct. 1, with coverage starting Jan. 1.
     The organization's website, getcoveredamerica.org, says it's an effort of Enroll America, which has its own website identifying itself as a nonprofit corporation. Enroll America's board includes Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA; Sister Carol Keehan, chief executive of Catholic Health Association of the United States; and Richard Umbdenstock, chief executive of the American Hospital Association.

     The Get Covered Meetings are hoping to attract volunteers who will be part of a door-to-door effort to explain the benefits. In South Florida, the new exchanges could benefit hundreds of thousands of uninsured persons and those who now struggle to afford coverage in individual and small-group markets.
      Santiago Leon, a Miami health insurance broker and board member of Florida CHAIN, told a healthcare summit last week that he's concerned that so little has yet been done to get word out about the opportunities coming with the Affordable Care Act.
    Persons seeking more information can contact Jimmy Tan at 718-208-5024.

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