Marketplace Exchange Notice - Retail
Marketplace Exchange Notice - Retail
Marketplace Exchange Notice - Retail
Note: If you purchase a health plan through the Marketplace instead of accepting health coverage offered through your
employment, then you may lose access to whatever the employer contributes to the employment-based coverage. Also,
this employer contribution -as well as your employee contribution to employment-based coverage- is generally excluded
from income for federal and state income tax purposes. Your payments for coverage through the Marketplace are made on
an after-tax basis. In addition, note that if the health coverage offered through your employment does not meet the
affordability or minimum value standards, but you accept that coverage anyway, you will not be eligible for a tax credit. You
should consider all of these factors in determining whether to purchase a health plan through the Marketplace.
Outside the annual Open Enrollment Period, you can sign up for health insurance if you qualify for a Special Enrollment
Period. In general, you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period if you’ve had certain qualifying life events, such as getting
married, having a baby, adopting a child, or losing eligibility for other health coverage. Depending on your Special
Enrollment Period type, you may have 60 days before or 60 days following the qualifying life event to enroll in a
Marketplace plan.
There is also a Marketplace Special Enrollment Period for individuals and their families who lose eligibility for Medicaid or
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage on or after March 31, 2023, through July 31, 2024. Since the onset of
the nationwide COVID-19 public health emergency, state Medicaid and CHIP agencies generally have not terminated the
enrollment of any Medicaid or CHIP beneficiary who was enrolled on or after March 18, 2020, through March 31, 2023. As
state Medicaid and CHIP agencies resume regular eligibility and enrollment practices, many individuals may no longer be
eligible for Medicaid or CHIP coverage starting as early as March 31, 2023. The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services is offering a temporary Marketplace Special Enrollment period to allow these individuals to enroll in
Marketplace coverage.
Marketplace-eligible individuals who live in states served by HealthCare.gov and either- submit a new application or update
an existing application on HealthCare.gov between March 31, 2023 and July 31, 2024, and attest to a termination date of
Medicaid or CHIP coverage within the same time period, are eligible for a 60-day Special Enrollment Period. That means
that if you lose Medicaid or CHIP coverage between March 31, 2023, and July 31, 2024, you may be able to enroll in
Marketplace coverage within 60 days of when you lost Medicaid or CHIP coverage. In addition, if you or your family
members are enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP coverage, it is important to make sure that your contact information is up to date
to make sure you get any information about changes to your eligibility. To learn more, visit HealthCare.gov or call the
Marketplace Call Center at 1-800-318-2596. TTY users can call 1-855-889-4325.
Alternatively, you can enroll in Medicaid or CHIP coverage at any time by filling out an application through the Marketplace
or applying directly through your state Medicaid agency. Visit https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/getting-
medicaid-chip/ for more details.
714-252-2612 [email protected]
Here is some basic information about health coverage offered by this employer:
• As your employer, we offer a health plan to:
X All employees. Eligible employees are:
You are eligible if you are a full-time employee working 30 or
more hours per week.
X If checked, this coverage meets the minimum value standard, and the cost of this coverage to you is intended to be
affordable, based on employee wages.
** Even if your employer intends your coverage to be affordable, you may still be eligible for a premium discount
through the Marketplace. The Marketplace will use your household income, along with other factors, to
determine whether you may be eligible for a premium discount. If, for example, your wages vary from week to
week (perhaps you are an hourly employee or you work on a commission basis), if you are newly employed mid-
year, or if you have other income losses, you may still qualify for a premium discount.
If you decide to shop for coverage in the Marketplace, HealthCare.gov will guide you through the process. Here's the
employer information you'll enter when you visit HealthCare.gov to find out if you can get a tax credit to lower your monthly
premiums.
The information below corresponds to the Marketplace Employer Coverage Tool. Completing this section is optional for
employers, but will help ensure employees understand their coverage choices.
13. Is the employee currently eligible for coverage offered by this employer, or will the employee be eligible in
the next 3 months?
X Yes (Continue)
13a. If the employee is not eligible today, including as a result of a waiting or probationary period, when is the
employee eligible for coverage?1st of the month following 60 (mm/dd/yyyy)
days (Continue)
No (STOP and return this form to employee)
14. Does the employer offer a health plan that meets the minimum value standard*?
X Yes (Go to question 15) No (STOP and return form to employee)
15. For the lowest-cost plan that meets the minimum value standard* offered only to the employee (don't include
family plans): If the employer has wellness programs, provide the premium that the employee would pay if he/ she
received the maximum discount for any tobacco cessation programs, and didn't receive any other discounts based on
wellness programs.
a. How much would the employee have to pay in premiums for this plan? $
b. How often? Weekly Every 2 weeks X Twice a month Monthly Quarterly Yearly
If the plan year will end soon and you know that the health plans offered will change, go to question 16. If you don't know,
STOP and return form to employee.
16. What change will the employer make for the new plan year?
Employer won't offer health coverage
Employer will start offering health coverage to employees or change the premium for the lowest-cost plan
available only to the employee that meets the minimum value standard.* (Premium should reflect the
discount for wellness programs. See question 15.)
a. How much would the employee have to pay in premiums for this plan? $
b. How often? Weekly Every 2 weeks Twice a month Monthly Quarterly Yearly
• An employer-sponsored health plan meets the "minimum value standard" if the plan's share of the total allowed benefit costs covered by the plan is no less than
60 percent of such costs (Section 36B(c)(2)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)