More than 34,000 new Connecticut customers have enrolled in health coverage since Nov. 1 through Access Health CT, on par with last year at this time, according to a news release Tuesday from the state’s health insurance marketplace.
The new enrollment number represents 11,000 qualified health plan members and 23,000 Medicaid members.
As of Dec. 15, Access Health CT had almost 109,000 total members.
However, about 8,200 of those members have not given Access Health CT permission to auto-renew their coverage and will lose coverage starting Jan. 1.
Also, Access Health CT learned from the IRS Monday that approximately 1,100 people who did not file their 2014 tax returns will lose their tax credits in 2016.
Consumers receiving premium tax credits are required to file a federal income tax return with the IRS to reconcile their advanced premium tax credits, Access Health CT said. If consumers received premium tax credits in 2014, but did not file their federal income tax return for 2014 or did not include “Form 8962” with their 2014 federal income tax return, they are ineligible for tax credits for 2016.
