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Effective immediately, Evergreen Health Cooperative Inc. will not be issuing or renewing individual health benefit policies, both on and off Maryland Health Connection.
What this Means for Evergreen Individual Policyholders:
Evergreen will be unable to offer or bind any new individual policies during Open Enrollment for the 2017 plan year (for policies effective January 1, 2017).
Also, Evergreen will be unable to renew any individual policies during Open Enrollment for the 2017 plan year.
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. Current Evergreen enrollees who purchased policies on Maryland Health Connection will be renewed into the most similar plan effective January 1, 2017. This will avoid a gap in coverage.
If current Evergreen enrollees wish to choose an alternate plan, then they need to contact Maryland Health Connection. Individual policies currently in effect will remain in effect until December 31, 2016.
2. Current Evergreen enrollees who did NOT purchase their policy on Maryland Health Connection (for example through Evergreen's website) will need to obtain insurance for 2017 from a different carrier.
3. If you have clients who have recently submitted an application to Evergreen for the 2017 plan year and have already paid for January 2017 coverage, a refund will be issued in the manner the payment was received. Additionally, your clients will need to purchase coverage for 2017 from a different carrier.
It is important that current Evergreen enrollees make a decision and choose an alternate plan by December 15, 2016 to ensure coverage effective January 1, 2017.
What this Means for Group Policyholders:
This does not impact group policies. Group policies currently in effect will remain in effect until the policy renewal date. Group policyholders should continue to pay the premiums on their in-force policies to ensure continued coverage.
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