In an effort to stay compliant with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there will be product changes starting January 1. 2017. Each year Wellmark reviews their product offering to ensure they’re providing plans that are being used by their members and that they’re meeting the ACA requirements. While analyzing their products for 2017, there were several discoveries. Changes had to be made to some plans based on recent rules issued by the Federal Government.

These changes resulted in some plans looking very similar to plans they already offer:

Some plans have a small number of members enrolled costing more to maintain and administer than other plans.

As a result, effective January 1, 2017, they will no longer offer 10 ACA individual and famliy plans and 11 ACA small group plans.

You will be receiving a letter to this effect. Don’t panic. Call me. For the plans that are being discontinued, there are options that you can move into for 2017. Your coverage will be consistent and the transition will be seamless so that you will not be one minute without coverage. This applies to some individual and family plans as well as some group plans. Please call me if you get any letters to this effect. We have your best interests at heart and can make this as easy as possible.