Connecting with Local Health Care Providers During a Health Emergency

come back if you've recently lost health insurance benefits you may think you're just out of luck but there's free advice to help you find a new plan that fits your budget Quintela Perry is a health insurance navigator with covering Wisconsin and she's here to explain your options good morning to you hello hi good morning mommy how are you good it's good to see you I wish you were here in person but I appreciate you joining us virtually Austin Thank You Molly I appreciate you having here absolutely let's talk about

covering Wisconsin what is it all about what do you do oh okay so covering Wisconsin we help people to sign up for their health insurance we also help people to understand their insurance when they are signing up or have enrolled and then we also help to access services for individuals who are looking to access health services you're a health insurance navigator what does that mean what do you do Oh perfect yeah so regarding my

navigator role we're covering Wisconsin we help individuals to understand their options concerning their health insurance and then we also help to enroll individuals with health insurance so if an individual is looking to express their options regarding health insurance how to enroll they may need additional information in regards to some health insurance plans that they were looking at we can assist them with that as a navigator we assist individuals with that enrollment if

someone recently lost their job and their health insurance coverage what options do they have yeah so if an individual has recently lost their job an individual may have the option of enrolling with Cobra and that is a sponsor employers based sponsored insurance plan an individual may have the option of enrolling with the Badger Care Plus program also and that is a state-funded program they also would have the option of enrolling with the insurance that is offered through

the health insurance marketplace it's also known as the Obamacare or ACA so there are a couple of options for individuals if they are if those are not any options there are still other options for individuals if they consider that the the health insurance marketplace is unaffordable or they can't afford any services there are some other options for individuals if someone meets with

you what happens during that appointment so when an individual needs with me we definitely go through the process of explaining consent we have to have consent of course in order to assist with enrollment we we obtained their personal identity identifying information their social security number name name name and date of birth and then we go through the process of completing an application it would be potentially us receiving demographic

information from the individual and then also the households the household size and income information for each individual every person is serviced on an individualized basis and so we we definitely take into account the household size and then the income for each individual person insurance can be so complicated do you feel like a big part of your job is education I do I do

um insurance is definitely complicated and that's why we are here at covering Wisconsin we are insurance experts of course individuals have questions concerning their insurance after enrollment with everything going on with the kovat 19 individuals are trying to access telehealth services telemedicine services and so they're looking to see what benefits are available to them some individuals have not had the opportunity

of either looking over their plans but with everything is going on we call that 19 and defend emic that we're having individuals are looking into telehealth services so they're looking at other options and if they lost their job or they are laid off there are options available so yeah that's that's what it that's what we normally attend to or assist with on a daily basis people are watching and they want free help what's the best way for

them to go about getting that free help if individuals are looking to if individuals are looking to receive help they can contact us at four one four two seven zero four six seventy seven we also have our website which is covering Wisconsin org slash enroll and then at that point you can book an appointment it's just going to ask you to populate your zip code and then you can find out what appointment times are available so

right now you can contact us via website to enroll or you can contact us via four one four two seven zero four six seven seven and that is our main contact number and then also with two one one two one one is another resource service program for individuals if they are seeking out health insurance information or options impact two and one it's such great information thank you so much for joining us have a good weekend yes you

as well thank you for having me have a good weekend you too quintella all right here's the information again she just said the phone number to schedule a phone or virtual visit two seven zero four six seven seven or covering wi org slash enroll