Important Update For Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Applicants
By Jenny Backus, Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Updated Materials Posted On-Line To Help Facilitate the Application Process
6/29/10 as of 6:00 PM
There has been a tremendous amount of interest today in submitting an application for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, an important new program created by the Affordable Care Act. There have also been some questions.
We wanted to bring your attention to some important new materials that have been posted on-line today to help you submit your applications for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. Based on important feedback from applicants, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight this afternoon posted an updated version of Frequently Asked Questions, Application Submission Do’s and Don'ts, and instructions for filling out the application. Applicants are strongly encouraged to review these materials before completing and submitting their Early Retiree Reinsurance Program applications as they provide guidance for how to respond to some of the questions in the application.
In addition - it was brought to our attention that certain applicants were having difficulty with the on-line application that was posted early this morning, June 29, 2010. A revised copy of the application has been posted that accommodates the entering of numeric sequences that start with zeros in fields requiring numbers (e.g., EIN, phone numbers, etc.). If you had problems with the early version of the application, please resubmit using the new updated form. Applicants who had completed and submitted the early version of the application but who did not experience a problem entering zeros, do not need to re-complete their application form.
Last but not least, there has been some confusion about how applications should be submitted. Applications should be submitted through the U.S. Postal Service.
Thank you for patience and interest in this program. Please keep checking http://www.hhs.gov/ociio/regulations for all the latest information on the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program.
