Agents and brokers are still trying to figure out how many consumers can and will buy their own health coverage during the new individual market nap period.
The official open enrollment period for individual "qualified health plan" coverage began Oct. 1 and ended March 31. Broad individual QHP enrollment period extensions ended in most of the country in mid-April.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has not released any QHP enrollment figures for the exchanges it runs since the end of the open enrollment period, and some observers say it may not release new QHP enrollment figures until the 2015 open enrollment period begins.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
