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“Day of Action” Kicks Off Final Push for Health Care Enrollment

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Friday, February 28, 2014   

PHOENIX - The open-enrollment deadline to obtain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act is now only a month away. More than 600 members of the nonprofit "Cover Arizona" coalition are holding a statewide "Day of Action" on Saturday, kicking off a final push throughout March to get people enrolled.

Diane Brown, director of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group's Education Fund, said information, education and enrollment assistance will be provided Saturday at more than 23 locations in Maricopa, Pima, Yuma and Coconino counties.

"There are events throughout the state offering one-on-one, face-to-face assistance," she said, "and they're folks who can really help people understand their options and their rights."

Brown said people should allow at least an hour for the process. They should bring ID and, if they're working, a pay stub. More than two-thirds of Arizonans who have enrolled so far have qualified for financial help to bring down the cost of their monthly premiums.

Brown said the enrollment events are especially targeting the uninsured and underinsured who haven't yet explored their health-care options. They're also looking to help folks who already enrolled, but picked a plan without nearby medical providers.

"People may have enrolled in the health insurance marketplace, but didn't look at where the providers were located," she said. "So they may have chosen a plan, but there wasn't someone they could go and see that was in the network that they chose."

Brown said the "Day of Action" events also will be trying to reach people who may have been told in the past that they don't qualify for AHCCCS (Access), Arizona's version of Medicaid.

"Many individuals who previously had not qualified for AHCCCS, perhaps because they did not have a child, are now eligible," she said, "and enrollment assisters are helping them to navigate that process."

At least 110,000 Arizonans have signed up through the Health Insurance Marketplace, Brown said, with thousands more newly enrolled in AHCCCS. An online guide is available at ArizonaPIRGedfund.org. Assistance also is available by dialing 211.

More information is online at coveraz.org/day-of-action.


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