Year-end chat with DOI

In an InsureBlog exclusive, we present a year-end wrap-up of some of the ACA-related issues being dealt with by the Ohio Department of Insurance. Public Information Officer Robert Denhard was kind enough to answer some of our questions:What are you hearing from insurers regarding receiving data on the back-end that allows individuals to actually pay for insurance? We are hearing there are still problems but that the situation is better than it was. Either way, we're concerned about any impact on consumers if information is still wrong come Jan. 1.Have you had any feedback from carriers about missing/incorrect 834's? What are they telling you?Anecdotally we are hearing that there continue to be issues that need worked out.How is ODI planning to handle the continuous influx of new plans that carriers will have to submit in order to stay within the narrow parameters of actuarial value? That is, since this will require plan changes each year going forward?We will work with companies as we did last year to review plans as necessary. With so many folks in the individual market opting to keep their plans until December 2014, what impact do you think that will have on 2015 Exchange rates? It is too early to try to predict rates since we do not even know yet what enrollment will ultimately look like and what the risk composition of those enrollees will be.We’ve had a lot of questions about Navigators. How many Navigators have actually been certified in the state...
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