WHA - Health Insurance Exchange

Health Insurance Exchange

Exchange is another term for the Health Insurance Marketplace, a service available in every state that helps individuals, families and small businesses shop for and enroll in affordable medical insurance.

Open Enrollment for 2019 health coverage is over, but you can still get 2019 health insurance two ways:

WHA Contact

Joanne Alig
Senior Vice President, Public Policy
608-274-1820
EMAIL: Joanne Alig

If you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period due to a life event like losing other medical insurance coverage, getting married, or having a baby.
If you qualify for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), you can apply any time.

Key Resources

09.21.2018 Wisconsin's Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan

09.21.2018 Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions for Employers

09.21.2018 Department of Labor Affordable Care Act Information

10.01.2017 Narrow networks' that limit choice likely to endure on individual market

09.15.2017 Effect of Announced Changes on Number of Insurers Participating in the Wisconsin Insurance Exchange by County, As of September 15, 2017

08.07.2017 Number of Insurers Participating in the Insurance Exchange in Wisconsin (2017v2018)

Newsletter Articles and Press Releases

09.30.2021 AMA Study Examines Competition in Health Insurance Markets

03.25.2021 HHS Implements Higher Premium Tax Credits, Extends Healthcare.gov Special Open Enrollment

10.22.2020 OCI Reports More Options, Lower Premiums in 2021 Individual Market

10.01.2020 250 Attend Annual Enrollment Conference, Prepare for Health Insurance Open Enrollment

08.27.2020 Many Wisconsin Insurers Expect Premium Reductions for 2021

10.31.2019 Healthcare.gov open enrollment period Nov. 1 through Dec. 15

10.15.2019 Individual Insurance Market Options Grow for 2020

10.15.2019 Promote Insurance Enrollment Opportunities

10.01.2019 Wisconsin’s Competitive Health Insurance Market a National Leader

08.06.2019 Wisconsin Individual Health Insurance Premiums Drop Again

08.02.2019 Statement by WHA on Second Straight Year of Health Insurance Premium Reductions in Wisconsin

07.16.2019 OCI/DHS Health Care Coverage Partnership Advisory Council Kickoff

10.16.2018 Exchange Premiums Decrease 4.2% for 2019

11.17.2017 OCI Evaluates Options to Stabilize Individual Market as Costs Rise, Insurers Exit

11.10.2017 Wisconsin Tied for 4th in the Nation for Most Top-Rated Health Plans

10.13.2017 WI Gears Up for Exchange Open Enrollment Amid Shifting Market Dynamics

09.15.2017 New Census Bureau Report Shows Wisconsin Uninsured Rate at Just 5.3%

08.09.2017 WHA Analysis: Insurer Exits Likely to Leave Fewer Choices on Wisconsin’s Exchange

08.04.2017 WHA Urges Washington to Act on Health Care

01.10.2017 WHA Statement on Premium Increases on Insurance Exchange

New Three-Month Open Enrollment Window for Exchange Marketplace

Other Resources

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | Health Insurance Marketplace

HealthCare.gov