Today I received an e-mail from See Yang at the Office of Refugee Resettlement, if you don’t know, that is in the Department of Health and Human Services headed by the beleagured Kathleen Sebelius.
They are urging refugees to sign up and sign up now for Obamacare!
Here is what Yang says:
Health Insurance – Beyond the First Eight Months
Right now, many refugees get short-term health insurance called Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA). It is available for up to eight months. Some refugees may be eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which is available for several years.
Thanks to the health care law, the health insurance landscape for refugees and other Americans is changing for the better in 2014. Many refugees, who could only get eight months of insurance through RMA, will be able to get ongoing health insurance through the Marketplace.
How to Get Health Insurance at the Marketplace
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) creates the Marketplace to help people shop for health insurance at lower costs. The Marketplace also helps you find out if you are eligible for programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
No matter where you live, you will only need to fill out a single application on the Marketplace. You can access the Marketplace online at www.healthcare.gov, by phone at 1-800-318-2596, or by sending a paper application in the mail….
ORR wants to make sure that refugees and service providers know how to navigate the health insurance landscape. ORR developed the following tools to help with outreach and enrollment activities:
The tools are: a video and a fact sheet.
Click here to watch the video in English ( available also in six other languages: Somali, Karen, Nepali, Arabic, Kinyarwanda, and English).
I don’t want to sound too picky, but is that lady in the opening scene watering artificial flowers? Or, how about that rather plump lady in a closing scene about to eat some very rich looking cakes? Did they run it by Michelle? A plate of veggie sticks might have been a more suitable choice don’t you think! By the way, where is Michelle lately? And, how much did this production cost?
Here is the fact sheet.
ORR created a fact sheet to explain immigration statuses that qualify for Marketplace coverage including Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Plan.