12/16/13

State.co.us Executive Branch Mail - Re: Contact

Salazar - DORA, Marguerite

Re: Contact
1 message Donlin - DORA, Jo <jo.donlin@state.co.us> To: "Britton, Joe (Mark Udall)" Cc: >, John Postolowski - DORA GovOffice >, Barbara Kelley >, "Bauer - DORA, Casey" > Joe, You may have already put out your press release, but I wanted to get back to you. First, thank you for letting us know the press release is going out today. Our number of 249,199 reflects the people affected by cancellation notices based on data provided by the carriers. You are correct that Coloradans affected by these cancellations were provided options and some of them chose early renewals. However, the early renewals were one option presented along with the options to purchase a different plan from the same carrier or purchase a plan from a different carrier, both inside or outside Connect for Health Colorado. We required carriers to provide all these options as part of their cancellation notices. Also, many people affected by the cancellation notices have not chosen an early renewal. We continue to collect additional data and the numbers continue to change as people find the health insurance options they need. We are also evaluating the President's announcement to see how it may or may not change the Colorado health insurance market landscape. We will keep you abreast of any further developments as we continue through the open enrollment period. Thanks for staying in touch. Best, Jo Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:55 PM >, Marguerite Salazar >, Alan Salazar >, Peg Brown - DORA >, Eric Brown - GovOffice

Jo Donlin Director of External Affairs Department of Regulatory Agencies Division of Insurance Commissioner's Office 1560 Broadway, Suite 850 Denver, CO 80202

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12/16/13

State.co.us Executive Branch Mail - Re: Contact

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Britton, Joe (Mark Udall) <Joe_Britton@markudall.senate.gov> wrote:

We spoke with the insurers and the 249k # is actually 73k (at most) if you don't count those that were given the option of renewing through 2014. Between Anthem/Kaiser only 13k pure cancellation notices went out. We'll be putting out a release this morning, but would again prefer that it be in coordination with you. Let us know what you have identified here and prefer. Thanks!

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