The Pennie Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Pennie, Pennsylvania's official health insurance marketplace has a podcast. A podcast about health insurance? Why? Well, an informed customer is a smart customer. With this podcast, we strive to help our listeners navigate their way through the health insurance maze. Look for three "tracks" within the Pennie Podcast: Learn - Get familiar with insurance terms Interview - Meet the players Health - Tips and tidbits from experts
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Maybe you've heard about the American Rescue Plan (Or the COVID-19 Relief Package) passed by congress... Maybe you've seen the stimulus bill in your bank account. Well, that's not the only way it can affect your bank account. There are significant changes to the financial assistance available to those enrolling in coverage through Pennie. Listen to our conversation with Pennie Director of Policy, David Thomsen, as we describes the what, the when, and the how this is going to make a huge impact on reducing the amount of uninsured Pennsylvanians.
El empleado de Pennie, Juan Valencia, entrevistó a George Fernandez de Latino Connection en español.
Not only were we joined by George Fernandez of Latino Connection for this episode, he also recorded an episode in Spanish with our Pennie Outreach Coordinator, Juan Valencia. We spoke about the Latino Connection's connection with Pennie, what attracts people (especially Hispanics) to Pennsylvania, why Latinos are considered "hard to reach," and the best place to grab lunch in Harrisburg. Enjoy!
How did Pennie come to be? What was the inspiration and how did Pennie make it through the legislature unanimously?
We discuss this and much more with Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman. She also gives the best analogy possible to help understand the Pennsylvania Reinsurance Program at 14:08.
We left some outtakes at the end for fun. Enjoy!
In our first Interview podcast, we went straight to the source - our very own Executive Director, Zach Sherman. He's the first Executive Director for Pennie, and we discussed a number of health insurance marketplace topics and much more.
0:00 – Introduction
2:06 – Pennie Takeoff
3:30 – Zach’s Experience
6:30 – Why Pennsylvania?
7:15 – The Legislation
9:00 – More People, More Opportunity
10:15 – Covid’s Impact
11:20 – The Pennie Buy-In
12:45 – What’s in a name?
15:50 – The Customer Experience
16:15 – Existing Customers
19:20 – New Customers, Medical Assistance, & CHIP
21:15 – Pennie 101 & Free Help
23:45 – Pennie Landing
How does financial assistance work? Do you qualify? How do you even know IF you qualify? What are the types of financial assistance?
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What is the difference between Open Enrollment Period and a Special Enrollment Period.
Do you qualify for a Qualifying Life Event (QLE)?
A podcast about the health insurance marketplace? Well, sure. Welcome to the Pennie Podcast where we strive to inform, entertain, and educate. In this episode, we simply give you some insight into what to expect with the Pennie Podcast. You'll see our Learn series, Interview series, and Health series. Pick and choose or listen to them all - and find out how Pennie gets you covered.