Should you still sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act? YES

November 18, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Washington Healthplanfinder is the state's online insurance marketplace

Ever since the election, people are wondering whether their health insurance coverage will survive next year, if the Affordable Care Act (sometimes called “Obamacare”) is targeted for repeal. The short answer is, yes.

Health insurance Navigators will be everywhere this season

October 20, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

Public Health's enrollment team at Southcenter Mall during previous enrollment season

The past three years have proven historic for improving health insurance coverage across America – and especially in King County. Enrollment efforts led by Public Health—Seattle & King County helped push the county’s rate of uninsured adults below eight percent – cutting the rate more than 50-percent since 2013. That represents an increase of more […]

Thanks to aggressive ACA enrollment efforts, King County cuts uninsured rate in half

September 23, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

We have more evidence for how much the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is helping King County residents and how Public Health’s enrollment outreach is paying off. The percentage of working-age adults without insurance has fallen by more than half, according to newly released data from the US Census Bureau (the gold standard for tracking how […]

Number crunchers, rejoice! Health and housing data are coming together

February 26, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Receipt of a modest grant is typically not big news, but this one just might be. In fact, this “data integration” grant has public health, public housing and health care professionals in high spirits because now we’ll be able to work together more effectively. The Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) grant – $200,000 through July […]

How pupusas are helping King County sign up for health insurance

January 21, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

Pupusas and health insurance seem like an unlikely pair – and that’s exactly the point. Our health insurance navigators, the hundreds of experts in King County’s network who can help you sign up for health insurance through Washington Healthplanfinder, are getting creative about how to reach out to different uninsured populations in the last days […]

Uninsured in King County? Outreach team has a plan to help you

October 29, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Navigators preparing for an enrollment event

The Open Enrollment period for purchasing discount health insurance begins next week, and King County is offering free expert help – with special emphasis on areas where large numbers of uninsured people live and work. Those areas include south King County cities such as Auburn and Federal Way, along with some neighborhoods in Seattle and […]