Click me
Transcribed

Comparing health insurance marketplace websites: Window-shopping

How do health insurance marketplace window-shopping features compare? This graphic analyzes how effectively all 16 state-run health insurance marketplace websites (including D.C.) and the federal healthcare.gov site allow consumers to gather basic information about different health plans before having to enter personal information and create an account to apply for a specific plan. We categorized the ability to browse and compare plan information, and to determine eligibility for financial assistance, into eight critical features, which are listed in the table below. HEALTH PLAN: DOCTORS BROWSING AND & DRUGS: VIEW COMPARING WHAT IS COVERED CONSUMER COSTS: HOW MUCH WILL YOU PAY? THE 1. 3 PROVIDER DIRECTORY WEBSITES LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE COVERED DRUGS PREVIEW SIDE-BY-SIDE PLAN PREMIUM SILVER PLAN ACCURATE PLAN INFO COMPARISONS CALCULATOR NOTICE* DEDUCTIBLE* California coveredca.com Colorado connectforhealthco.com Connecticut accesshealthct.com District of Columbia dchealthlink.com Hawaii hawaiihealthconnector.com Kentucky kynect.ky.gov Maryland marylandhealthconnection.gov Massachusetts mahealthconnector.org Minnesota mnsure.org Nevada nevadahealthlink.com New Mexico bewellnm.com New York nystateofhealth.ny.gov Oregon coveroregon.com Rhode Island healthsourceri.com Vermont healthconnect.vermont.gov Washington wahealthplanfinder.org healthcare.gov *Since we used a hypothetical family that is eligible for both premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, we examined whether the special affordability of silver plans was prominently displayed and accurately represented. Site has this feature. (Site partially meets the standard: e.g., has either a Spanish-language website or explains how to get language assistance, but not both; plan directories are accessible but not presented in a Source: This graphic is based on Families USA's January 2014 online analysis, "Evaluating the Consumer Window-Shopping Experience in consistent format. Health Insurance Marketplace Websites: A Comparative Analysis" O Site does not have this feature. http://familiesusa.org/marketplace-window-shopping Consumer-friendly / best practices January 2014 www.FamiliesUSA.org FAMILIESUSA

Comparing health insurance marketplace websites: Window-shopping

shared by curiona on Jan 21
467 views
1 shares
0 comments
How do health insurance marketplace website features compare? This graphic compares how effectively all 16 state-run health insurance marketplace websites (includes D.C.) and the federal healthcare.go...

Category

Health
Did you work on this visual? Claim credit!

Get a Quote

Embed Code

For hosted site:

Click the code to copy

For wordpress.com:

Click the code to copy
Customize size