Year later, Fidelis Care office busy
The office for the nonprofit health plan opened last December.
"We looked at where Fidelis can do the most good and where we had the best opportunity to serve our members," said
That foot traffic has included people coming in to sign up for health plans -- either Fidelis plans or others on the state exchange -- or for customer service queries, such as finding a doctor or getting a new ID card, Julian said.
Fidelis is the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the state, but it also offers Child Health Plus coverage, the state's essential plan, Medicare plans and plans on the state health plan exchange in all 62 counties in
Despite all the talk of repealing the Affordable Care Act in
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Friday was the deadline to sign up through the exchange for coverage beginning
Not only are area residents continuing to sign up for health plans through the state exchange, they seem to understand their options, Julian said.
"Since the beginning of the Affordable Care Act, we're finding that the level of awareness has increased dramatically," he said. "People do generally have knowledge of what they do qualify for or what they expect to quality for."
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