ITriage University Denver, Colorado June 12, 2013 Health Reform is Here Colorado’s Changing Health Insurance Landscape.

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iTriage University Denver, Colorado June 12, 2013 Health Reform is Here Colorado’s Changing Health Insurance Landscape

Medicare Public Insurance (Medicaid+) Large GroupSmall GroupIndividualsUninsured How Coloradans get health insurance. What’s changing? Today’s Discussion 2

1. Three primary sources of new coverage: Employers, exchanges (marketplaces), Medicaid. 2. Small employers will have complex choices. 3. Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will still be without health insurance. Three Takeaways 3

4 Coverage Today 4

What Is Health Insurance? Health insurance protects individuals from large expenditures or losses from illness, injury or disability by collectively pooling risk. 5 Risk: Possibility of loss or injury

Why Does Health Insurance Matter? ConditionUninsured Adults Compared to Insured Adults CancerMore likely to be diagnosed at an advanced stage Heart attackAt greater risk of death DiabetesSignificantly worse glycemic control TraumaHigher mortality rate in severe car accidents 6 Source: Institute of Medicine. “America’s Uninsured Crisis”

Private Market Covers Two-Thirds of Coloradans 7 Source: 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey

Coverage Varies Across Colorado 8 Uninsured Other Insurance Medicaid/Child Health Plan Plus Medicare Individual Policy Employer- Sponsored Insurance

9 What’s Changing in 2013 and 2014? 9

Major Changes Under Obamacare Guaranteed Issue/Renewal Individual Mandate Lots of other stuff: Extension of dependent coverage until age 26 No lifetime or annual limits on coverage Essential health benefits Health insurance marketplaces Expansion of the Medicaid program (optional for states) 10

11 Who is covered by Medicare? People 65 and older as well as younger people with disabilities. At a Glance:

Nearly All Colorado Seniors Have Medicare Source: 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey Many also have “supplemental insurance” 12

Phases in coverage of the “donut hole” (Medicare Part D drug benefit coverage gap). Improves coverage of preventive services. Changes and reductions in payment. But uncertainty about providers Health Reform: Mostly Good News for Seniors 13

14 Who is covered by Employer-Sponsored Insurance? Two of every three Coloradans. At a Glance:

15 Colorado Employers and Health Reform

50+ employees, not self-insured Must offer comprehensive insurance coverage or pay a tax penalty, starting in 2014 May continue to offer “grandfathered plans” that are exempt from some new rules Changes to Large Group Plans 16

Small Group Market in Colorado employees Mandated benefits Guaranteed issue and renewal Premium rating: smoking status, industry, age, family size geographic location

Eligible for tax credits if insurance is offered 1-25 employees Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace in 2014 For businesses < 100 employees What’s in Store? 18 Defined Contribution Defined Benefit

Who is covered by Individual Policies? About 8 percent of Coloradans. At a Glance:

Individuals can keep current insurance, employer sponsored or not. Can purchase individual insurance through the health insurance Marketplace starting in May be eligible for subsidies depending on income level. What’s in Store 20

New insurance marketplace Enrollment set to launch October 1 Benefits begin January 1 Subsidies for individuals percent FPL Evolving Exchanges 21

22 Who is covered by Medicaid? Low-income children, parents, pregnant women, individuals with disabilities and the elderly. At a Glance:

150,000 Newly Insured Mostly Working- Age Parents and Adults Without Dependent Children Another 60,000 Anticipated to Switch Insurance 23 Colorado’s Medicaid Expansion

24 Who is Uninsured in Colorado? About 16 percent of the population, up from about 14 percent in At a Glance:

Uninsured Without HR ImplementationUninsured After HR Implementation 920,000 Medicaid/ CHP+ 150,000 Individual Purchase 220,000 Employer Sponsored Insurance 160, ,000 = 10,000 Individuals What Will Happen By 2016? 25 Source: CHI estimates and Jonathan Gruber’s analysis conducted for the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange.

Estimate: 390,000 Will Still be Uninsured Source: Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Research, Prepared by Jonathan Gruber, January

27 Final Thoughts 27

Will health insurance be affordable? What can we learn from history? Medicare Part D Children’s Health Insurance Plan How many Coloradans will actually be affected? Will there be enough capacity? 28 Some Questions About Expectations

An insurance card doesn’t guarantee access to care. Lacking an insurance card doesn’t necessarily mean lacking access to care. Remember 29

Health Care Costs: A Curve in Need of Bending 30

1. Three primary sources of new coverage: Employers, exchanges (marketplaces), Medicaid. 2. Small employers will have complex choices. 3. Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will still be without health insurance. Three Takeaways 31

32 Click to change chapter title Jeff Bontrager 32