HealthCare.gov managers say their program has about 58,000 agents, brokers and assisters. (Image: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
HealthCare.gov managers seem to be trying to convey the idea that they still want to work with agents and brokers.
Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mention producers in a fact sheet they developed to explain a new three-month HealthCare.gov state special enrollment period that starts Feb. 15.
The administration of President Joe Biden added the special enrollment period in response to consumer group arguments that consumers need more time this year to get covered, to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.
