This Open Enrollment Period, Take Action Now to Connect Your Employees to Your Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage

The Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) is partnering with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) to share this important message with Colorado Employers:

Nationally, over 25 million people were disenrolled from Medicaid after the federal government called an end to the Public Health Emergency. Colorado continues to track with the February 2024 estimate of a Medicaid net enrollment reduction of 519,000 members from Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program). Many people who disenrolled no longer qualify for Medicaid because they earn more than the program’s income thresholds, indicating that they are currently employed. Health care providers and consumer advocates are reporting an increase in uninsured individuals, an indication that Coloradans disenrolling from Medicaid and CHP+ have not connected to employer sponsored coverage.

Employers, please help Coloradans who are disenrolled from Medicaid enroll in your employer-sponsored health insurance. This open enrollment period is not just an opportunity, but a critical window to connect uninsured employees to health coverage options. People without coverage often delay necessary care, don’t treat chronic conditions, and don’t get the preventive care they should. This exacerbates their condition, to the detriment of employee health and long-term employer health care costs.

Below are several steps employers can take to assist employees in getting covered:

• Remind all your employees about health coverage options that you provide as their employer and how to apply.
• If you do not offer employee benefit coverage, your employees may qualify for reduced-cost health insurance coverage through Connect for Health Colorado.
• Refer affected employees to colorado.gov/health to learn more about other health coverage options.

The State of Colorado has updated information and resources for employers in an Employers section on the KeepCOCovered.com website. Informative flyers to review and distribute are available at Downloadable Resources: #KeepCOCovered.

Thank you for doing your part to Keep Coloradans - and your employees - Covered.