Medicare supplement insurance, or Medigap, is insurance that supplements Original Medicare, covering some or all of the out-of-pocket costs that a beneficiary would otherwise have to pay for services covered by Original Medicare.| medicareresources.org
A self-insured health plan (also known as a self-funded health plan) is coverage offered by an employer or association in which the employer (or association) takes on the risk involved with providing coverage, instead of purchasing coverage from an insurance company.| healthinsurance.org
If your employer-sponsored insurance becomes unaffordable or stops providing minimum value, the change may make you eligible for a special enrollment period.| healthinsurance.org
An off-exchange plan is a health insurance policy that is purchased directly from an insurance company or through an agent or broker, outside of the official ACA-created health insurance exchange.| healthinsurance.org
See if you're eligible for the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits (premium subsidies), how subsidies are calculated, and why they are more robust in 2023.| healthinsurance.org
Under the Affordable Care Act, eligibility for Medicaid, premium subsidies, and cost-sharing reductions is based on modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). But the calculation for that is specific to the ACA – it's not the same as the MAGI that's used for other tax purposes| healthinsurance.org
The Affordable Care Act standardized individual health insurance policies by creating a “metal” ranking for individual/family and small-group policies, based on their actuarial value (the percentage of costs that the plan pays across a standard population).| healthinsurance.org
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