November 6, 2018
Extension Files Podcast Guests Talk About ACA Healthcare Open Enrollment Window, Resources
The Affordable Care Act open enrollment period for 2019 coverage in the health insurance marketplace runs November 1-December 15, and K-State Research and Extension has a handful of experts who can help people navigate through the array of options.
In a special episode of The Extension Files podcast, we talk with three Family and Consumer Sciences agents:
- Joy Miller from the Southwind Extension District in southeastern Kansas
- Susie Latta from Marshall County in north-central Kansas, and
- Erin Petersilie, from the Walnut Creek Extension District in western Kansas
They worked through the Kansas Association of the Medically Underserved to become Navigators, a network of specially trained counselors who provide unbiased help for community members enrolling in the healthcare marketplace.
The conversation in this episode was all about this year’s open enrollment period and spreading the word about the resources available to people all across the state. So, if you or someone you know is eligible to sign up for insurance through the marketplace, this episode is for you.
During last year’s open enrollment period, these three helped approximately 200 people with their enrollments and identified tax credits that – when they were all added up – saved those Kansans roughly $1 million over the course of 2018.
This “Million Dollar Trio” are the only three in the K-State Research and Extension system with Navigator training, but there are Navigators all over the state who can help people with their 2019 enrollment. The conversation and related show notes for this episode include all the necessary URLs for people to find help and enroll in coverage.
Visit and direct others to ExtensionFiles.net to listen to that episode, the previous episode with Brian Rees from Lyon County talking about armyworms, among other topics, and several other episodes featuring Extension agents from all across the state.
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