GoHealth Signs New Agreements with US Government for Health Insurance Enrollment

By Meenakshi Shankar
TMCnet Contributor

GoHealthInsurance.com, a health insurance technology platform, has extensive background and expertise in both online and offline health insurance sales. With more than 10 years of experience building technology for national and state-based entities, GoHealth is taking another step in its mission to help consumers get answers, get help and get coverage. The company is all set to render greater choices and a better shopping experience for the consumers looking to enroll in health insurance plans with its new agreement to aid the U.S. government with health insurance enrollment for millions of tax-subsidy eligible Americans.

This agreement with The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will enable the company to enroll millions of eligible consumers in qualified health plans through GoHealthInsurance.com by leveraging the Federal data hub behind the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM).

"Our combination of online and offline sales and support from thousands of licensed insurance advisors across the country allows us to help even those who aren't as Internet savvy enroll in the best health insurance plan for them in a manner that's both quick and easy," Clint Jones, chief executive officer of GoHealthInsurance said in a statement.

During the negotiations leading up to the agreement, GoHealth and CMS have been working to integrate both entities' technology systems to ensure that both are ready for the influx of new health insurance shoppers come October 1. GoHealth will also offer off-exchange and ancillary products that are not available on the federal site allowing many consumers more choice through this marketplace than the federal exchange alone.

"We are pleased that the agreement with CMS allows us to integrate every single qualified health plan offered on the federal marketplace into our platform along with off-exchange plans offered by major health insurers," said Brandon Cruz, president of GoHealthInsurance, in a statement.

This integration additionally gives consumers who do qualify for subsidies the ability to apply those subsidies to their premiums immediately on GoHealthInsurance.com as opposed to getting a refund at a later date.

GoHealth has plans to offer health insurance plans in all 50 states including the 14 states and DC that do not currently leverage the FFM.