Connecting Families To Quality Healthcare & Insurance
Exciting happenings at healthcare.gov

14.5 million Americans signed up for ACA Marketplace Health Insurance from Nov. 1 through Jan. 15, a 21% increase from the prior year. Click here to learn some of the reasons why.

Last week, the administration announced that lower income uninsured families will have some extra time to get enrolled in coverage. Families with income less than 150% FPL qualify for a special enrollment period from March through at least the end of 2022. For a single person, 150% of the poverty level amounts to an income of no more than $19,320. For a household of five, it’s $46,560. Click here to learn more.  
Silver Access is Accepting Applications for new members TODAY

Silver Access ACA Premium Assistance provides additional help to eligible families purchasing health insurance on the Marketplace. Enrollees can choose high quality plans with low copayments and out of pocket costs. Members pay about 1/3 of the cost of their plan, on average, with DHC support funding the remainder. Members also get critical help learning how to use their insurance most effectively through health insurance literacy programs offered via Zoom and Facebook Live in several languages. 

Getting signed up is easy, and we want to make sure that everyone who needs this assistance understand how to apply. Visit our website to learn more and apply here. If you know someone who needs to enroll in health coverage, there are certified application counselors available to help them free of charge at our offices and others throughout the county. Click here to find a CAC near you.

If you would like to financially support our efforts, please click here and make a donation today.
Statewide Focus Groups Reveal Major Barriers to Obtaining Quality Healthcare
 
To better understand the complex challenges of healthcare access and affordability in Illinois and across the country, Shriver Center on Poverty Law and Altarum Institute conducted a series of focus groups with a diverse group of uninsured and underinsured Illinois residents. DuPage Health Coalition Silver Access members were invited to participate in the dialogue and share their perspective.
 
Shriver Center’s Associate Director of Healthcare Justice Stephani Becker shared that the focus groups “revealed that major barriers exist in in terms of the cost and complexity of health care coverage in Illinois.” She added, however that discussions with Silver Access members offered a notably different perspective. “Silver Access members were universally pleased with their coverage and said that with Silver Access’ help they felt especially grateful that they were able to afford a quality health plan that covered the doctors and specialists that they wanted to see. We think that Silver Access DuPage is a model for what Illinois could do statewide to improve affordability of Marketplace coverage.” We agree! Click here to read the top findings.